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1 food costs

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Универсальный англо-русский словарь > food costs
2 food costs

затраты на корма

English-russian dctionary of contemporary Economics > food costs
3 \marginal costs and benefits

Econ

the amount by which an individual or household will lose or benefit from a small change in a variable, for example, food consumption or income received

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4 cost

1. n

1) цена; стоимость; себестоимость

2) обыкн. pl расходы, издержки, затраты

3) pl судебные издержки, судебные расходы

- absorbed costs
- accident costs
- acquisition cost
- actual cost
- actual costs
- actual manufacturing cost
- added cost
- additional cost
- adjusted historical cost
- administration costs
- administrative costs
- administrative and management costs
- administrative and operational services costs
- advertising costs
- after costs
- after-shipment costs
- aggregate costs
- agreed cost
- airfreight cost
- allocable costs
- allowable costs
- alternative costs
- amortization costs
- amortized cost
- ancillary costs
- annual costs
- anticipated costs
- applied cost
- arbitration costs
- assembly costs
- assessed cost
- average cost
- average costs
- average cost per unit
- average variable costs
- avoidable costs
- back-order costs
- basic cost
- billed cost
- book cost
- borrowing cost
- breakage cost
- break-even costs
- budget costs
- budgeted cost
- budgeted costs
- budgeted operating costs
- building costs
- burden costs
- calculated costs
- capacity costs
- capital costs
- capital floatation costs
- carriage costs
- carrying cost
- carrying costs
- centrally-managed costs
- changeover costs
- cleaning costs
- clerical costs
- closing costs
- collection costs
- combined cost
- commercial cost
- commercial costs
- committed costs
- common staff costs
- comparative costs
- competitive costs
- competitive marginal costs
- complaint costs
- conditional cost
- consequential costs
- considerable costs
- constant cost
- constant costs
- construction costs
- contract cost
- contractual costs
- controllable costs
- court costs
- crane costs
- credit costs
- cumulative costs
- current cost
- current costs
- current outlay costs
- current standard cost
- cycle inventory costs
- debt-servicing costs
- declining costs
- decorating costs
- decreasing costs
- defect costs
- defence costs
- deferred costs
- deficiency costs
- degressive costs
- delivery costs
- departmental costs
- depleted cost
- depreciable cost
- depreciated cost
- depreciated replacement cost
- depreciation costs
- designing costs
- deterioration costs
- development costs
- differential costs
- direct costs
- direct labour costs
- direct operating costs
- direct payroll costs
- discretionary fixed costs
- dismantling costs
- distribution costs
- distribution marketing cost
- domestic resource costs
- double-weighted borrowing cost
- downtime costs
- economic costs
- eligible costs
- engineering costs
- entry cost
- environmental costs
- equipment capital costs
- erection costs
- escalating costs
- escapable costs
- estimated cost
- estimated costs
- evaluation cost
- excess cost
- excess costs
- excessive costs
- exhibition costs
- exploration costs
- extra costs
- extra and extraordinary costs
- extraordinary costs
- fabrication cost
- factor cost
- factor costs
- factory cost
- factory costs
- factory overhead costs
- failure costs
- farm production costs
- farmer's cost
- farming costs
- feed costs
- fertilizing costs
- final cost
- financial costs
- financing costs
- first cost
- fixed costs
- fixed capital replacement costs
- flat cost
- floatation costs
- food costs
- foreign housing costs
- formation costs
- freight costs
- fuel costs
- full cost
- full costs
- funding cost
- general costs
- general running costs
- government-controlled production costs
- guarantee costs
- harvesting costs
- haul costs
- haulage costs
- heavy costs
- hedging cost
- hidden costs
- high cost
- hiring costs
- historical cost
- hospitality costs
- hotel costs
- hourly costs
- idle capacity costs
- idle time costs
- implicit costs
- implied interest costs
- imputed costs
- incidental costs
- increasing costs
- incremental costs
- incremental cost of capital
- incremental costs of circulation
- incremental costs of service
- incurred costs
- indirect costs
- indirect labour costs
- indirect manufacturing costs
- indirect payroll costs
- indirect production costs
- individual costs
- industrial costs
- industry-average costs
- initial cost
- inland freight cost
- inspection costs
- installation costs
- insurance costs
- insured cost
- intangible costs
- integrated cost
- interest costs
- inventoriable costs
- inventory cost
- inventory costs
- inventory acquisition costs
- inventory possession costs
- investigation costs
- investment costs
- invoiced cost
- issuing cost
- joint cost
- labour costs
- landed cost
- launching cost
- launching costs
- layoff costs
- legal costs
- legitimate costs
- life cycle costs
- life repair cost
- liquidation cost
- litigation costs
- living costs
- loading costs
- loan cost
- long-run average costs
- long-run marginal costs
- low costs
- low operating costs
- lump-sum costs
- machining cost
- maintenance costs
- maintenance-and-repair costs
- management costs
- man-power cost
- man-power costs
- manufacturing cost
- manufacturing costs
- manufacturing overhead costs
- marginal costs
- marginal-factor costs
- maritime costs
- marketing costs
- material costs
- material handling costs
- merchandising costs
- miscellaneous costs
- mixed cost
- mounting costs
- net cost
- nominal cost
- nonmanufacturing costs
- obsolescence costs
- offering cost
- one-off costs
- one-off costs of acquiring land, buildings and equipment
- one-shot costs
- operating costs
- operation costs
- operational costs
- opportunity costs
- order cost
- ordering cost
- order initiation cost
- ordinary costs
- organization costs
- organizational costs
- original cost
- original cost of the assets
- original cost of capital
- out-of-pocket costs
- overall cost
- overall costs
- overhead costs
- overtime costs
- own costs
- owning costs
- packaging cost
- packing cost
- past costs
- past sunk costs
- payroll cost
- payroll costs
- penalty cost
- penalty costs
- period costs
- permissible costs
- personnel costs
- piece costs
- planned costs
- postponable costs
- predetermined costs
- prepaid costs
- preproduction costs
- prime cost
- processing costs
- procurement costs
- product cost
- production cost
- production costs
- product unit cost
- progress-generating costs
- progressive costs
- prohibitive costs
- project costs
- project development cost
- projected costs
- promotional costs
- protected costs
- publicity costs
- purchase costs
- purchasing costs
- pure costs of circulation
- quality costs
- quality-inspection costs
- real cost
- real costs
- recall costs
- reconstruction cost
- recoverable cost
- recurring costs
- reduction costs
- reimbursable cost
- relative cost
- relevant costs
- removal costs
- renewal cost
- reoperating costs
- reoperation costs
- reorder cost
- repair cost
- repair costs
- replacement cost
- replacement costs
- replacement cost at market rates
- replacement cost of borrowing
- replacement cost of capital assets
- replacement cost of equipment
- replacement depreciation cost
- replenishment cost
- reproduction cost
- reproduction costs
- research costs
- research and development costs
- reservation costs
- rework costs
- rising costs
- road maintenance costs
- running costs
- run-on costs
- salvage cost
- salvage costs
- scheduled costs
- scrap cost
- selling costs
- semi-variable costs
- service costs
- servicing costs
- setting-up costs
- set-up costs
- shadow costs
- shelter costs
- shipping costs
- shortage costs
- single cost
- social costs
- social marginal costs
- social overhead costs
- sorting costs
- special costs
- specification costs
- spoilage costs
- staff costs
- stand costs
- standard cost
- standard costs
- standard direct labour costs
- standard direct materials cost
- standard factory overhead cost
- standing costs
- start-up costs
- stepped costs
- stocking cost
- stockout costs
- storage costs
- sunk costs
- supervision costs
- supplementary costs
- supplementary costs of circulation
- tangible costs
- target cost
- target costs
- taxable cost of shares
- tentative cost
- time-related cost
- total cost
- training cost
- training costs
- transaction costs
- transfer costs
- transhipment costs
- transport costs
- transportation costs
- travel costs
- travelling costs
- trim costs
- true cost
- true costs
- trust cost
- unamortized cost
- unavoidable costs
- underwriting cost
- unexpired costs
- unit cost
- unit costs
- unloading costs
- unrecovered cost
- unscheduled costs
- upkeep costs
- upward costs
- utility's costs
- variable costs
- variable capital costs
- wage costs
- war costs
- warehouse costs
- warehousing costs
- weighted average cost
- welfare costs
- wintering costs
- working cost
- working costs
- costs for bunker
- costs for storing
- costs of administration
- cost of appraisal
- cost of arbitration
- cost of borrowing
- cost of boxing
- cost of bunker
- cost of capital
- cost of capital deeping
- cost of carriage
- cost of carry
- cost of carrying inventory
- costs of circulation
- cost of civil engineering work
- cost of construction
- cost of a contract
- cost of credit
- cost of delivery
- cost of demonstration
- cost of discounting
- cost of disposal
- cost of education
- cost of equipment
- cost of equity capital
- cost of filing
- cost of financing
- cost of fixed capital
- cost of funds
- cost of goods
- cost of haulage
- cost of hotel accommodation
- costs of housing
- costs of idleness
- cost of installation
- cost of insurance
- costs of inventory
- cost of issue
- cost of labour
- cost of a licence
- cost of living
- cost of manpower
- cost of manufacture
- cost of manufactured goods
- cost of manufacturing
- costs of material
- costs of material inputs
- cost of money
- cost of obtaining funds
- costs of operations
- cost of an order
- cost of packaging
- cost of packing
- cost of postage
- costs of production
- cost of product sold
- cost of a project
- cost of publication
- cost of putting goods into a saleable condition
- cost of reclamation
- cost of reinsurance
- costs of reliability
- cost of renting
- cost of renting a trading post
- cost of repairs
- costs of routine maintenance
- cost of sales
- costs of sales
- cost of scrap
- cost of service
- cost of servicing
- costs of shipping
- cost of storage
- cost of a suit
- costs of supervision
- cost of tare
- costs of trackage
- costs of transportation
- cost of work
- cost per inquiry
- costs per unit
- above cost
- at cost
- at the cost of
- at extra cost
- below cost
- less costs
- minus costs
- next to cost
- under cost
- with costs
- without regard to cost
- exclusive of costs
- free of cost
- cost of market, whichever is lower
- cost plus percentage of cost
- absorb costs
- allocate costs
- assess the cost
- assess costs
- assume costs
- award costs against smb.
- bear costs
- calculate costs
- charge cost
- compute the cost
- cover the cost
- cover costs
- curb costs
- curtail costs
- cut down on costs
- cut production costs
- decrease the cost
- defray the costs
- determine the cost
- disregard costs
- distort the cost
- distribute costs
- entail costs
- estimate costs
- exceed the cost
- impose costs
- increase cost
- incur costs
- inflict economic and social costs
- involve costs
- itemize costs
- keep down costs
- meet the cost
- meet costs
- offset the cost
- offset the costs
- offset high interest costs
- overestimate production costs
- pay costs
- prune away costs
- push up costs
- recompense the cost
- recoup the cost
- recover costs
- reduce costs
- refund the cost
- revise the cost
- save costs
- sell at a cost
- share the cost
- slash costs
- split up the cost
- trim costs
- write off costs
- write off costs against revenues
- write off capital costs
2. v

1) стоить

2) назначать цену

English-russian dctionary of contemporary Economics > cost
5 Verpflegungsamt

Verpflegungsamt
food office, commissariat magazine, (Marine) victual(l)ing office (Br.);
• Verpflegungseinrichtungen feeding (catering) facilities;
• Verpflegungsgeld alllowance for board, meal (daily) allowance, board charges, (Bergbau) grubstake money (coll.);
• tägliches Verpflegungsgeld daily subsistence allowance;
• Verpflegungskosten board, food costs, (Kasino) catering costs, (Schiff) cost of maintenance;
• Verpflegungsmarke meal voucher;
• Verpflegungsmöglichkeiten catering facilities;
• Verpflegungssatz daily ration;
• Verpflegungsschiff victual(l)ing ship;
• Verpflegungssektor catering field;
• Verpflegungs- und Versorgungswesen logistics;
• Verpflegungszug supply train;
• Verpflegungszuschuss meal (daily, maintenance, food) allowance.

Business german-english dictionary > Verpflegungsamt
6 Verpflegungskosten

Verpflegungskosten pl PERS cost of food, expenditure for food
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Verpflegungskosten
board, food costs, (Kasino) catering costs, (Schiff) cost of maintenance

Business german-english dictionary > Verpflegungskosten
7 затраты на корма

1) Economy: feed cost, feed costs, food costs

2) Makarov: feed expenditure

Универсальный русско-английский словарь > затраты на корма
8 costar poco

v.

1 to cost little, to be affordable, to be cheap, to cost almost nothing.

Esa comida cuesta poco That food costs little.

2 to be easy to do, to take little effort.

Una sonrisa cuesta poco A smile takes little effort.

Spanish-English dictionary > costar poco
9 gasto

m.

1 spending (dinero gastado).

el gasto de energía energy consumption

el gasto educativo/militar spending on education/defense (de país)

los gastos de la casa household expenses

cubrir gastos to cover costs, to break even

no reparar en gastos to spare no expense

gastos corrientes running cost

gasto deducible tax-deductible expense

gasto de defensa defense spending

gasto de desplazamiento relocation expenses, settling-in allowance

gastos de envío postage and packing

gastos fijos fixed charges o costs

gastos generales general expenses, overhead costs

gastos de mantenimiento maintenance costs

gasto público public expenditure

gastos de representación entertainment allowance

gastos de viaje travel expenses

2 expense, expenditure, expenses, spending.

3 output.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: gastar.

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gasto

► nombre masculino

1 expenditure, expense

■ este mes el gasto de agua se ha disparado expenditure on water has shot up this month

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

gastos de mantenimiento running costs, maintenance costs

gastos de representación entertainment allowance sing

gastos diarios daily expenses

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noun m.

expense, expenditure

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SM

1) [de dinero]

la inversión nos supondría un gasto de varios millones — the investment would involve an expense o expenditure of several million

tenemos que reducir el gasto — we must cut costs o spending

no tenías que haberte metido en tanto gasto — you needn't have spent so much

gasto militar — military spending, military expenditure

gasto público — public spending, public expenditure

gasto sanitario — health spending, health expenditure

gasto social — welfare spending, welfare expenditure

2) pl gastos expenses

este dinero es para tus gastos — this money is for your expenses

este mes he tenido muchos gastos — I have had a lot of expenses this month

un viaje con todos los gastos pagados — an all-expenses-paid trip

cubrir gastos — to cover (one's) costs

gastos administrativos — administrative costs

gastos bancarios — bank charges

gastos comerciales — business expenses

gastos corrientes — [en empresa] running costs; [en la Administración] revenue expenditure sing

gastos de administración — administrative costs

gastos de comunidad — service charges

gastos de conservación — maintenance costs

gastos de correo — postal charges

gastos de defensa — defence spending sing, defense spending sing (EEUU)

gastos de desplazamiento — [por viaje] travelling expenses, traveling expenses (EEUU); [por mudanza] relocation allowance sing

gastos de distribución — distribution costs

gastos de entrega — delivery charge sing

gastos de envío — postage and packing sing, postage and handling sing (EEUU)

gastos de explotación — operating costs

gastos de flete — freight charges

gastos de mantenimiento — maintenance costs

gastos de representación — entertainment allowance sing

gastos de servicio — service charge sing

gastos de tramitación — handling charge sing

gastos de transporte — [de personal] travelling expenses, traveling expenses (EEUU); [de mercancías] freight charges

gastos de viaje — travelling expenses, traveling expenses (EEUU)

gastos fijos — fixed charges

gastos generales — overheads, overhead sing (EEUU)

gastos menores (de caja) — petty cash expenses

gastos operacionales — operating costs

gastos vendidos — accrued charges

3) [de gas] flow, rate of flow

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masculino expense

supondría un gasto de un millón — it would cost a million

este mes he tenido muchos gastos — this has been an expensive month for me

los gastos del juicio — the legal costs

restringir gastos — to limit expenditure

- gasto público

- gastos bancarios

- gastos de correo

- gastos de envío

- gastos fijos or estructurales

- gastos varios

* * *

= cost, expense, spending, outlay.

Ex. If some records are acquired by only a limited number of libraries, it will be difficult to recoup the cost of creating and maintaining these records.

Ex. At an earlier stage, the Library of Congress had decided to retain certain pre-AACR headings, in order to avoid the expense of extensive recataloguing.

Ex. Whereas this proportion is dwindling as a percentage of the total budget, agricultural spending continues to rise in real terms.

Ex. Educative work must continue to be publicised and libraries must make greater outlays of funds and staff.

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* ahorro de gastos = savings in costs.

* central de gastos = budget fund, budget head, budget heading.

* compras fuera de acuerdos con proveedores = maverick spending.

* con cierto gasto = at some expense.

* congelar los gastos = freeze + expenditure.

* contener los gastos = contain + costs.

* controlar los gastos = control + costs, contain + costs.

* con un gasto mínimo = at minimal expense.

* con unos gastos menores = at a reduced expense.

* correr con los gastos = bear + the cost(s), bear + the cost(s), pick up + the tab, pay + the piper.

* corriendo con los gastos = at + Posesivo + own expense.

* costear los gastos de Algo = pay + Posesivo + way.

* cubrir gastos = allow for + costs, cover + costs.

* dieta para gastos de manutención = per diem food allowance, per diem, expense allowance.

* dinero de sobra para otros gastos = disposable income.

* dinero para gastos = per diem allowance.

* dinero para gastos imprevistos = cash float, petty cash.

* dinero para gastos iniciales = seeding money, seed money.

* dinero para gastos personales = pocket change, pocket money.

* dinero para pequeños gastos = out of pocket allowance.

* exceso de gastos = overrun [over-run], cost overrun.

* fondo para gastos de funcionamiento = operating funds.

* frenar el gasto público = curb + public spending.

* gasto adicional = hidden extra.

* gasto considerable = considerable expense.

* gasto de dinero = expenditure of money.

* gasto deducible = tax deduction, income-tax deduction.

* gasto de empresa = business expense.

* gasto de gestión = administration fee.

* gasto descontrolado = runaway spending.

* gasto desgravable = tax deduction.

* gasto en comida = food bill.

* gasto excesivo = overspending, overexpenditure.

* gasto innecesario de = drain on.

* gasto militar = military expenditure.

* gasto público = public expenditure, government spending, government expenditure.

* gastos = expenditure, outgoings.

* gastos adicionales = overhead.

* gastos + correr a cuenta de = bear + the cost(s).

* gastos de alojamiento = lodging expenses, lodging costs.

* gastos de avión = airfare [air fare].

* gastos de calefacción = heating costs.

* gastos de cancelación = cancellation fees.

* gastos de capital = capital costs, capital investment, capital expenditure.

* gastos de demora = demurrage.

* gastos de desplazamiento = travel costs, travelling expenses, travel expenses.

* gastos de envío = postage, shipping costs, shipping and handling, shipping charges.

* gastos de estructura = overhead.

* gastos de funcionamiento = operating costs, operating expenditure, operational costs, operating expenses, recurrent expenditure.

* gastos de gestión = handling fee.

* gastos de libros = book expenditure.

* gastos de matrícula = tuition, registration fee(s), tuition fee(s).

* gastos de refrigeración = cooling costs.

* gastos de transporte = freight charges.

* gastos de viaje = travelling expenses, travel expenses.

* gastos directos = direct costs.

* gastos en personal = staff costs.

* gastos en sustitución de material = replacement costs.

* gastos generales = overhead.

* gastos indirectos = overhead, indirect costs.

* gastos que no suponen un gran desembolso de dinero = out-of-pocket costs.

* gastos varios = sundries.

* hacer frente a gastos = meet + expenses.

* hacer frente a un gasto = meet + cost.

* incurrir en gastos = incur + costs, incur + charges, incur + expense, undertake + expenditure.

* no escatimar gastos = go to + town on, lash out (on).

* no reparar en gastos = go to + town on, lash out (on).

* pagarse + Posesivo + propios gastos = pay + Posesivo + own way.

* para cubrir gastos = on a cost-recovery basis.

* partición de gastos = cost sharing [cost-sharing].

* partida para gastos de funcionamiento = operating budget, operating funds.

* presupuesto para gastos de funcionamiento = operating budget, operating funds.

* recortar gastos = cut + expenditure, cut + expenses.

* recuperar gastos = recoup + costs, recoup against + costs.

* reducción de gastos = cost cutting, cost saving [cost-saving], cost reduction.

* reducir gastos = cut + costs, cut + spending, make + economies, make + cuts, reduce + costs.

* sin gastos = no cost(s).

* sufragar gastos = meet + expenses, defray + costs.

* sufragar un gasto = meet + cost.

* tasa para cubrir gastos = cost-recovery fee.

* tener gastos = incur + costs.

* tener gastos generales = incur + overheads.

* usar como gasto deducible = write off.

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masculino expense

supondría un gasto de un millón — it would cost a million

este mes he tenido muchos gastos — this has been an expensive month for me

los gastos del juicio — the legal costs

restringir gastos — to limit expenditure

- gasto público

- gastos bancarios

- gastos de correo

- gastos de envío

- gastos fijos or estructurales

- gastos varios

* * *

= cost, expense, spending, outlay.

Ex: If some records are acquired by only a limited number of libraries, it will be difficult to recoup the cost of creating and maintaining these records.

Ex: At an earlier stage, the Library of Congress had decided to retain certain pre-AACR headings, in order to avoid the expense of extensive recataloguing.

Ex: Whereas this proportion is dwindling as a percentage of the total budget, agricultural spending continues to rise in real terms.

Ex: Educative work must continue to be publicised and libraries must make greater outlays of funds and staff.

* ahorro de gastos = savings in costs.

* central de gastos = budget fund, budget head, budget heading.

* compras fuera de acuerdos con proveedores = maverick spending.

* con cierto gasto = at some expense.

* congelar los gastos = freeze + expenditure.

* contener los gastos = contain + costs.

* controlar los gastos = control + costs, contain + costs.

* con un gasto mínimo = at minimal expense.

* con unos gastos menores = at a reduced expense.

* correr con los gastos = bear + the cost(s), bear + the cost(s), pick up + the tab, pay + the piper.

* corriendo con los gastos = at + Posesivo + own expense.

* costear los gastos de Algo = pay + Posesivo + way.

* cubrir gastos = allow for + costs, cover + costs.

* dieta para gastos de manutención = per diem food allowance, per diem, expense allowance.

* dinero de sobra para otros gastos = disposable income.

* dinero para gastos = per diem allowance.

* dinero para gastos imprevistos = cash float, petty cash.

* dinero para gastos iniciales = seeding money, seed money.

* dinero para gastos personales = pocket change, pocket money.

* dinero para pequeños gastos = out of pocket allowance.

* exceso de gastos = overrun [over-run], cost overrun.

* fondo para gastos de funcionamiento = operating funds.

* frenar el gasto público = curb + public spending.

* gasto adicional = hidden extra.

* gasto considerable = considerable expense.

* gasto de dinero = expenditure of money.

* gasto deducible = tax deduction, income-tax deduction.

* gasto de empresa = business expense.

* gasto de gestión = administration fee.

* gasto descontrolado = runaway spending.

* gasto desgravable = tax deduction.

* gasto en comida = food bill.

* gasto excesivo = overspending, overexpenditure.

* gasto innecesario de = drain on.

* gasto militar = military expenditure.

* gasto público = public expenditure, government spending, government expenditure.

* gastos = expenditure, outgoings.

* gastos adicionales = overhead.

* gastos + correr a cuenta de = bear + the cost(s).

* gastos de alojamiento = lodging expenses, lodging costs.

* gastos de avión = airfare [air fare].

* gastos de calefacción = heating costs.

* gastos de cancelación = cancellation fees.

* gastos de capital = capital costs, capital investment, capital expenditure.

* gastos de demora = demurrage.

* gastos de desplazamiento = travel costs, travelling expenses, travel expenses.

* gastos de envío = postage, shipping costs, shipping and handling, shipping charges.

* gastos de estructura = overhead.

* gastos de funcionamiento = operating costs, operating expenditure, operational costs, operating expenses, recurrent expenditure.

* gastos de gestión = handling fee.

* gastos de libros = book expenditure.

* gastos de matrícula = tuition, registration fee(s), tuition fee(s).

* gastos de refrigeración = cooling costs.

* gastos de transporte = freight charges.

* gastos de viaje = travelling expenses, travel expenses.

* gastos directos = direct costs.

* gastos en personal = staff costs.

* gastos en sustitución de material = replacement costs.

* gastos generales = overhead.

* gastos indirectos = overhead, indirect costs.

* gastos que no suponen un gran desembolso de dinero = out-of-pocket costs.

* gastos varios = sundries.

* hacer frente a gastos = meet + expenses.

* hacer frente a un gasto = meet + cost.

* incurrir en gastos = incur + costs, incur + charges, incur + expense, undertake + expenditure.

* no escatimar gastos = go to + town on, lash out (on).

* no reparar en gastos = go to + town on, lash out (on).

* pagarse + Posesivo + propios gastos = pay + Posesivo + own way.

* para cubrir gastos = on a cost-recovery basis.

* partición de gastos = cost sharing [cost-sharing].

* partida para gastos de funcionamiento = operating budget, operating funds.

* presupuesto para gastos de funcionamiento = operating budget, operating funds.

* recortar gastos = cut + expenditure, cut + expenses.

* recuperar gastos = recoup + costs, recoup against + costs.

* reducción de gastos = cost cutting, cost saving [cost-saving], cost reduction.

* reducir gastos = cut + costs, cut + spending, make + economies, make + cuts, reduce + costs.

* sin gastos = no cost(s).

* sufragar gastos = meet + expenses, defray + costs.

* sufragar un gasto = meet + cost.

* tasa para cubrir gastos = cost-recovery fee.

* tener gastos = incur + costs.

* tener gastos generales = incur + overheads.

* usar como gasto deducible = write off.

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gasto

masculine

expense

un gasto innecesario an unnecessary expense

los gastos de la casa household expenses

toma este dinero para tus gastos have this money for your expenses

el arreglo supondría un gasto de medio millón it would cost half a million to repair

nos hemos metido en muchos gastos we've incurred a lot of expense

este mes he tenido muchos gastos this has been an expensive month for me o I've spent a lot of money this month

tuvo que pagar los gastos del juicio she had to pay the legal costs

no me compensa el gasto de tiempo it isn't worth my while spending the time on it

restringir gastos to limit expenditure

cubrir (los) gastos to cover (the) costs

gastos de defensa defense spending

Compuestos:

● gasto público

masculine:

el gasto público public expenditure

● gastos bancarios

mpl bank charges (pl)

● gastos de comunidad or (CS) comunes

mpl service charge

● gastos de correo

mpl postage, postal charges (pl) ( BrE)

● gastos de desplazamiento

mpl traveling expenses (pl) ( AmE), travelling expenses (pl) ( BrE)

● gastos de envío

mpl postage and handling ( AmE), postage and packing ( BrE)

● gastos de explotación

mpl operating costs (pl)

● gastos de lobbying

mpl lobbying expenses (pl)

● gastos de mantenimiento

mpl maintenance costs (pl)

● gastos de notaría

mpl legal costs (pl)

● gastos de publicidad

mpl advertising costs (pl)

● gastos de representación

mpl expenses (pl)

● gastos de sanidad

mpl public health expenditure o costs

● gastos de seguro

mpl insurance costs (pl)

● gastos de transporte

mpl freight charges (pl)

● gastos de viaje

mpl travel expenses (pl)

● gastos fijos or estructurales

mpl overheads (pl)

● gastos generales

mpl general expenses (pl)

● gastos notariales

mpl gastos de notaría

● gastos varios

mpl sundries (pl); miscellaneous expenses (pl)

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Del verbo gastar: ( conjugate gastar)

gasto es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

gastó es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

Multiple Entries:
gastar
gasto
gastar ( conjugate gastar) verbo transitivo
1 ( consumir)
a) ‹ dinero› to spend;

gasto algo en algo to spend sth on sth
b) ‹gasolina/electricidad› to use

2 (desperdiciar, malgastar) ‹dinero/tiempo/energía› to waste
3 ( desgastar) ‹ropa/zapatos› to wear out;
‹ tacones› to wear down
4 (fam) (llevar, usar) ‹ropa/gafas› to wear;
◊ gasto el 37 I'm a size 37

5 ‹ broma› to play;
◊ le gastoon una broma they played a joke o trick on him

gastarse verbo pronominal
1 ( enf) ‹ dinero› to spend
2 [pilas/batería] to run down;
◊ se me gastó la tinta I ran out of ink

3 [ropa/zapatos] ( desgastarse) to wear out
4 ( enf) (fam) ( tener) to have;
◊ se gasta un genio … he has a terrible temper!

gasto sustantivo masculino
expense;
◊ un gasto innecesario an unnecessary expense;

este mes he tenido muchos gastos this has been an expensive month for me;
el gasto público public expenditure;
gastos de correo postage;
gastos de envío postage and handling (AmE) o (BrE) packing
gastar verbo transitivo
1 (dinero, tiempo) to spend
(gasolina, energía) to consume
2 (desperdiciar) to waste
3 (terminar) to use up
4 (emplear, usar) (ropa, gafas, zapatos) to wear: gasta papel de cartas azul, he uses blue writing paper
5 le gastaron una broma, they played a joke on him
♦ Locuciones: gastarlas, to behave, act: procura no llevarte mal con el jefe, que no sabes como las gasta, tread carefully with the boss until you find out what sort of person she is
gasto sustantivo masculino
1 (cantidad de dinero) expenditure
(más en pl) gastos, expenses: este dinero es para tus gastos, this is your pocket money
comprarle libros es un gasto inútil, it's just not worth buying him books
casi no ganamos para cubrir gastos, we just don't earn enough to cover our expenses
no te preocupes, yo corro con los gastos, don't worry, I'll deal with the bills
gastos fijos, fixed costs
gastos imprevistos, unforeseen expenses
2 (uso, consumo) tenemos mucho gasto de luz, we consume a lot of electricity

' gasto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
comprobante
- derroche
- desperdicio
- extra
- imprevista
- imprevisto
- papelería
- permitirse
- respetable
- salida
- sangría
- desembolso
- disparatado
- gastar
- insostenible
- moderar
- suprimir
English:
anticipate
- cover
- curtail
- expenditure
- expense
- extravagance
- face
- halve
- meet
- prank
- precedence
- restraint
- winnings
- size
- spending

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gasto nm
[dinero gastado] spending; [costo] expense;
el gasto de energía energy consumption;

el gasto educativo/militar [de país] spending on education/defence;

los gastos de la casa household expenses;

mis padres me dan dinero para mis gastos my parents give me pocket money;

correr con los gastos (de algo) to meet o bear the cost (of sth), to pay (for sth);

cubrir gastos to cover costs, to break even;

no reparar en gastos to spare no expense

Comp
gastos de aduana customs charges;
gastos de alojamiento accommodation allowance;
Fin gasto amortizable capitalized expense; CSur gastos comunes service charge;
gastos de comunidad service charge;
Com gastos corrientes running costs; Fin gasto deducible tax-deductible expense;
gastos de desplazamiento relocation expenses, settling-in allowance;
Com gastos diversos sundries;
gastos de envío [entre empresas] shipping charges;
[personales] postage and Br packing o US handling; Com gastos de explotación operating costs; Com gastos fijos fixed charges o costs; [en una casa] overheads;
gastos financieros financing charges;
Com gastos generales overheads, overhead costs; Fin gastos de gestión handling charges;
gastos de mantenimiento maintenance costs;

gastos de personal personnel expenses, staffing costs;

gasto público public o government expenditure;

gastos de representación entertainment allowance o expenses;
Fin gastos de tramitación handling charges;
gastos de transporte freight charges, transport costs;

gastos de viaje travelling expenses

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gasto

m expense;

gastos expenses;

meterse en gastos spend money;

cubrir gastos cover one’s costs, break even;

pagar los gastos de juicio pay the costs; de viaje pay the expenses

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gasto nm

1) : expense, expenditure

2) deterioro: wear

3)

gastos generales or

gastos indirectos : overhead

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gasto n

1. (dinero) expense

haz un esfuerzo para moderar tus gastos make an effort to reduce your expenses

2. (de electricidad, agua, energía, etc) consumption

con todos los gastos pagados all expenses paid

correr con los gastos to pay for something [pt. & pp. paid]

cubrir gastos to cover costs

gastos de envío postage and packing

Spanish-English dictionary > gasto
10 menos

adj.

1 less.

menos aire less air

menos manzanas fewer apples

menos… que… less/fewer… than…

tiene menos experiencia que tú she has less experience than you

hace menos calor que ayer it's not as hot as it was yesterday

hay dos libros de menos there are two books missing

me han dado 10 euros de menos they've given me 10 euros too little

2 the least.

el que compró menos acciones the one who bought the fewest shares

lo que menos tiempo llevó the thing that took the least time

la que menos nota sacó en el examen the girl who did (the) worst o got the worst marks in the exam

3 fewer.

adv.

1 less.

menos de/que less than

son menos de las diez it's not quite ten o'clock yet

2 minus (expresa resta).

tres menos dos igual a uno three minus two is one

3 to (con las horas). (peninsular Spanish, River Plate)

son las dos menos diez it's ten to two

son menos diez it's ten to

4 under.

prep.

1 except (for) (excepto).

todo menos eso anything but that

2 minus, less.

m. s.&pl.

minus (sign) (Mat).

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menos

► adjetivo

1 (comparativo - en cantidad) less; (- en número) fewer

■ hoy hay menos gente there are fewer people today

■ viajar en tren cuesta menos dinero going by train costs less money

■ hay menos mesas que en el otro restaurante there are fewer tables than in the other restaurant

■ yo tengo menos años que tú I'm younger than you

2 (superlativo - de cantidad) least; (- de número) fewest

■ yo soy la que menos culpa tiene I'm the least guilty

► adverbio

1 (comparativo - de cantidad) less; (- de número) fewer

■ voy al gimnasio menos que antes I go to the gym less than before

■ vinieron menos de viente personas fewer than twenty people came

■ deberías ir menos deprisa you shouldn't go so fast

■ hay que conducir a menos de 100km/h one cannot drive over 100 km/h

2 (superlativo) least

■ es el menos guapo de toda la familia he's the least good-looking member of the family

3 (con horas) to

■ las tres menos cuarto a quarter to three

4 MATEMÁTICAS minus

■ cuatro menos dos, dos four minus two is two

► preposición

1 but, except

■ todo menos eso anything but that

■ todos fueron al cine menos Alberto everyone went to the cinema except Alberto

► pronombre

1 (cantidad) less; (número) fewer

■ me pagó menos he paid me less

■ esperaban a más de mil personas pero vinieron menos they were expecting over a thousand people but fewer came

► nombre masculino

1 MATEMÁTICAS minus sign

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

a menos que unless

al menos / a lo menos at least

aún menos much less

cada vez menos less and less

dar (dinero) de menos to short-change

en menos de nada in no time at all

eso es lo de menos that's the least of my worries

ir a menos to go down in the world

lo menos at least

■ lo menos que puedes hacer the least you can do

menos da una piedra something's better than nothing

¡menos mal! thank God!

¡ni mucho menos! far from it!

no ser para menos to be no wonder

para no ser menos so as not to be outdone

por lo menos at least

por menos de nada for no reason at all

qué menos que...... is the least somebody could do/could have done

si al menos... if only...

venirse a menos to come down in the world

¡ya será menos! come off it!

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1. noun m.
minus sign
2. adj.
1) less, least

2) fewer, fewest
3. adv.
1) less

2) least

•

- a menos que
- por lo menos 4. prep.
1) except

2) minus
5. pron.
less, fewer

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1. ADV

1) [comparativo] less

ahora salgo menos — I go out less these days

últimamente nos vemos menos — we've been seeing less of each other recently

me gusta cada vez menos — I like it less and less

una película menos conocida — a less well-known film

Juan está menos deprimido — Juan is less depressed

es menos difícil de lo que parece — it's less difficult than it seems

• menos aún — even less

este me gusta menos aún — I like this one even less

• menos de — [con sustantivos incontables, medidas, dinero, tiempo] less than; [con sustantivos contables] fewer than

está a menos de tres horas en tren — it's less than three hours away by train

llegamos en menos de diez minutos — we got there in less than o in under ten minutes

menos de lo que piensas — less than you think

tiene menos de dieciocho años — he's under eighteen

menos de 50 cajas — fewer than 50 boxes

• en menos de nada — in no time at all

por menos de nada — for no reason at all

• menos que — less than

me gusta menos que el otro — I like it less than the other one

trabaja menos que yo — he doesn't work as hard as I do

este es menos caro que aquel — this one is less expensive than that one

lo hizo menos cuidadosamente que ayer — he did it less carefully than yesterday

2) [superlativo] least

su película menos innovadora — his least innovative film

es el menos inteligente de los cuatro — he is the least intelligent of the four

el chico menos desobediente de la clase — the least disobedient boy in the class

es el que habla menos — he's the one who talks (the) least

fue el que trabajó menos — he was the one who did the least work

3)

• al menos — at least

hay al menos cien personas — there are at least a hundred people

si al menos lloviera — if only it would rain

• de menos, hay siete de menos — we're seven short, there are seven missing

me dieron un paquete con medio kilo de menos — they gave me a packet which was half a kilo short o under weight

me han pagado dos libras de menos — they have underpaid me by two pounds

darse de menos — to underestimate o.s.

hacer a algn de menos — to put sb down

• echar de menos a algn — to miss sb

• ir a menos — to come down in the world

• lo menos diez — at least ten

lo menos posible — as little as possible

es lo menos que se puede esperar — it's the least one can expect

• eso es lo de menos — that's the least of it

• ¡menos mal! — thank goodness!

¡menos mal que habéis venido! — thank goodness you've come!

• era nada menos que un rey — he was a king, no less

• no es para menos — quite right too

• por lo menos — at least

• ¡ qué menos!, -le di un euro de propina -¡qué menos! — "I tipped her a euro" - "that was the least you could do!"

¿qué menos que darle las gracias? — the least we can do is say thanks!

• quedarse en menos, no se quedó en menos — he was not to be outdone

• tener a menos hacer algo — to consider it beneath o.s. to do sth

• venir a menos — to come down in the world

• y menos, no quiero verle y menos visitarle — I don't want to see him, let alone visit him

• ¡ ya será menos! — come off it!
cuando 2., 2), poder
2. ADJ

1) [comparativo] [con sustantivos incontables, medidas, dinero, tiempo] less; [con sustantivos contables] fewer

menos harina — less flour

menos gatos — fewer cats

aquí hay menos gente — there are fewer people here

• menos... que, A tiene menos ventajas que B — A has fewer advantages than B

Ana tiene menos años que Carlos — Ana is younger than Carlos

no soy menos hombre que él — * I'm as much of a man as he is

este es menos coche que el anterior — * this is not as good a car as the last one

• ser menos que, ganaremos porque son menos que nosotros — we'll win because there are fewer of them than there are of us

para no ser menos que los vecinos — to keep up with the neighbours

2) [superlativo] [con sustantivos incontables, medidas, dinero, tiempo] least; [con sustantivos contables] fewest

el método que lleva menos tiempo — the method which takes (the) least time

es el que menos culpa tiene — he is the least to blame

el examen con menos errores — the exam paper with the fewest mistakes

3. PREP

1) (=excepto) except

todos menos él — everybody except him

¡todo menos eso! — anything but that!

2) (Mat) [para restar] minus, less

cinco menos dos — five minus o less two

siete menos dos (son) cinco — seven minus two is five

son las siete menos veinte — it's twenty to seven

4.

CONJ

• a menos que — unless

no iré a menos que me acompañes — I won't go unless you come with me

5. SM

1) (Mat) minus sign

2)

los menos — the minority

3)
más 1., 2)
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I
adverbio

1) ( comparativo) less

cada vez estudia menos — she's studying less and less

ya me duele menos — it hurts less now

ahora lo vemos menos — we don't see him so often o we don't see so much of him now

no voy a ir, y menos aún con él — I'm not going, and certainly not with him

menos (...) que: un hallazgo no menos importante que éste a find which is no less important than this one; ella menos que nadie puede criticarte she of all people is in no position to criticize you; menos (...) de less than; pesa menos de 50 kilos it weighs less than o under 50 kilos; no lo haría por menos de cien mil I wouldn't do it for less than a hundred thousand; éramos menos de diez there were fewer than ten of us; los niños de menos de 7 años children under seven; es menos peligroso de lo que tú crees — it's not as dangerous as you think

2) ( superlativo) least

es la menos complicada — it is the least complicated one

éste es el menos pesado de los dos — this is the lighter of the two

es el que menos viene por aquí — he's the one who comes around least (often)

es el que menos me gusta — he's the one I like (the) least

se esfuerza lo menos posible — he makes as little effort as possible

es lo menos que podía hacer — it's the least I could do

cuando menos lo esperábamos — when we were least expecting it; para locs ver menos III 2)
II
adjetivo invariable

1) ( comparativo) ( en cantidad) less; ( en número) fewer

alimentos con menos fibra/calorías — food with less fiber/fewer calories

ya hace menos frío — it's not as o so cold now

recibimos cada vez menos pedidos — we are getting fewer and fewer orders

cuesta tres veces menos — it costs a third of the price

mide medio metro menos — it's half a meter shorter

menos (...) que: tengo menos tiempo que tú I haven't as o so much time as you; menos estudiantes que el año pasado fewer students than last year; yo no soy menos que él — he's no better than me

2) ( superlativo) ( en cantidad) least; ( en número) fewest

esos casos son los menos — cases like that are the exception
III
pronombre

1)

sírveme menos — don't give me so much, give me less

ya falta menos — it won't be long now

aprobaron menos que el año pasado — fewer passed than last year

2) (en locs)

al menos — at least

a menos que — unless

cuando menos — at least

de menos: me ha dado 100 pesos de menos you've given me 100 pesos too little; me has cobrado de menos you've undercharged me; lo menos (fam) at least; menos mal just as well, thank goodness; menos mal que no me oyó just as well o it's a good thing he didn't hear me; por lo menos at least; ir a menos to go downhill; ser lo de menos: eso es lo de menos, a mí lo que me preocupa es... that's the least of it, what worries me is...; la fecha es lo de menos the date is the least of our/their problems; tener a alguien en menos to feel somebody is beneath one; tener algo a menos to think something is beneath one o beneath one's dignity; venirse a menos — to come down in the world
IV
preposición

1) ( excepto)

firmaron todos menos Alonso — everybody but Alonso signed, everybody signed except o but Alonso

menos estos dos, todos están en venta — apart from o with the exception of these two, they are all for sale

tres latas de pintura, menos la que usé — three cans of paint, less what I used

2)

a) (Mat) (en restas, números negativos) minus

b) (Esp, RPl) ( en la hora)

son las cinco menos diez/cuarto — it's ten to five/(a) quarter to five

son menos veinte — it's twenty to
V
masculino minus sign

* * *

= least, less [lesser -comp., least -sup.], minus, but, less so.

Ex. Service to the whole community implies positive discrimination towards those who through social or educational deprivation are least adept at using information tools.

Ex. The role of analytical entries in an online catalogue is less clear.

Ex. Copies of records created by the libraries, minus local data, are added to the pool of cataloguing information available to users.

Ex. Rotundas were widely used for all but the most formal texts in the fifteenth century, but fell out of fashion during the sixteenth century, surviving longest in Spain.

Ex. Vellum remained popular on the continent, less so in England; while goatskin (morocco), although well established by this time for fine work, was seldom used in trade binding except for prayer books.

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* al menos = at least, at the very least.

* a menos que = unless, short of.

* aproximadamente, más o menos = ballpark.

* area menos favorecida = less favoured area.

* cada vez menos = less and less.

* cuando menos te lo esperes = on any given Sunday.

* cuanto menos = at least, let alone, at best.

* dar menos de lo debido = shortchange.

* de menos del 10 por ciento = single digit, single figure.

* dentro de lo malo lo menos malo = the best of a bad lot.

* echar de menos = miss.

* echar muchísimo de menos = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.

* echar mucho de menos = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.

* el último pero no el menos importante = the last but by no means least.

* en todos menos en = in all but.

* en un futuro más o menos cercano = in the near future, in the near future.

* en un período más o menos lejano = in the near future, in the near future.

* estrella venida a menos = fallen star.

* figura venida a menos = fallen star.

* hacerlo todo menos = stop at + nothing short of.

* horas de menos aglomeración = off-peak times.

* lo menos posible = as little as possible.

* más o menos = more or less, of a sort, or so, of sorts, after a fashion, round about, roughly speaking, give or take.

* más o menos + Adverbio = relatively + Adverbio.

* más o menos cuadrado = squarish.

* menos aún = let alone.

* menos blandeces y más mano dura = less of the carrot, more of the stick, less of the carrot, more of the stick.

* menos conocido = lesser known.

* menos cultos, los = less literate, the.

* menos de + Cantidad = under + Cantidad, less than + Cantidad.

* menos de + Edad = on the right side of + Edad.

* menos desarrollado = less developed [less-developed].

* menos en = save in.

* menos en el caso de que = except when.

* menos favorecido = less-advantaged, less favoured [less favored].

* menos hecho = rarer.

* menos importante, el = least, the.

* menos probable = least likely, less likely.

* menos... que... = less... than....

* menos rápidos, los = less fleet of foot, the.

* menos sabido = lesser known.

* menos usado = less used.

* mucho menos = a great deal less, let alone, far less.

* nada más y nada menos = as much as + Expresión Numérica.

* nada más y nada menos que = in the order of + Cantidad, nothing less than.

* nada más y nada menos que de = to the tune of + Cantidad.

* nada más y nada menos que desde + Expresión Temporal = from as far back as + Expresión Temporal.

* nada más y nada menos que + Número = as many as + Número.

* nada menos que + Nombre + tan + Adjetivo + como = no less + Adjetivo + Nombre + than.

* ni más ni menos = nothing more, nothing less, no more, no less.

* ni mucho menos = by any stretch (of the imagination), by any means, not by a long shot.

* Nombre + más o menos = Nombre + of sorts.

* no ser menos que el vecino = keep up with + the Joneses.

* no ser menos que los demás = keep up with + the Joneses.

* pagar menos de lo que se debería = underpay.

* para no ser menos = not to be outdone.

* personaje venido a menos = fallen star.

* por último pero no menos importante = last but not least.

* región menos favorecida = less favoured region (LFR).

* salir de donde menos Uno se lo espera = come out of + the woodwork.

* ser menos + Adjetivo = be less of a(n) + Nombre.

* ser nada más y nada menos que = be nothing less than.

* signo menos (-) = minus sign (-), negative sign (-).

* todo menos = everything except (for).

* todos menos = everyone except, everybody except.

* todos menos + Número = all but + Número.

* último pero no el menos importante, el = final and not the least important, the.

* venir a menos = retrench.

* y cuanto mucho menos = much less.

* y mucho menos = much less, least of all.

* zona menos favorecida = less favoured area.

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I
adverbio

1) ( comparativo) less

cada vez estudia menos — she's studying less and less

ya me duele menos — it hurts less now

ahora lo vemos menos — we don't see him so often o we don't see so much of him now

no voy a ir, y menos aún con él — I'm not going, and certainly not with him

menos (...) que: un hallazgo no menos importante que éste a find which is no less important than this one; ella menos que nadie puede criticarte she of all people is in no position to criticize you; menos (...) de less than; pesa menos de 50 kilos it weighs less than o under 50 kilos; no lo haría por menos de cien mil I wouldn't do it for less than a hundred thousand; éramos menos de diez there were fewer than ten of us; los niños de menos de 7 años children under seven; es menos peligroso de lo que tú crees — it's not as dangerous as you think

2) ( superlativo) least

es la menos complicada — it is the least complicated one

éste es el menos pesado de los dos — this is the lighter of the two

es el que menos viene por aquí — he's the one who comes around least (often)

es el que menos me gusta — he's the one I like (the) least

se esfuerza lo menos posible — he makes as little effort as possible

es lo menos que podía hacer — it's the least I could do

cuando menos lo esperábamos — when we were least expecting it; para locs ver menos III 2)
II
adjetivo invariable

1) ( comparativo) ( en cantidad) less; ( en número) fewer

alimentos con menos fibra/calorías — food with less fiber/fewer calories

ya hace menos frío — it's not as o so cold now

recibimos cada vez menos pedidos — we are getting fewer and fewer orders

cuesta tres veces menos — it costs a third of the price

mide medio metro menos — it's half a meter shorter

menos (...) que: tengo menos tiempo que tú I haven't as o so much time as you; menos estudiantes que el año pasado fewer students than last year; yo no soy menos que él — he's no better than me

2) ( superlativo) ( en cantidad) least; ( en número) fewest

esos casos son los menos — cases like that are the exception
III
pronombre

1)

sírveme menos — don't give me so much, give me less

ya falta menos — it won't be long now

aprobaron menos que el año pasado — fewer passed than last year

2) (en locs)

al menos — at least

a menos que — unless

cuando menos — at least

de menos: me ha dado 100 pesos de menos you've given me 100 pesos too little; me has cobrado de menos you've undercharged me; lo menos (fam) at least; menos mal just as well, thank goodness; menos mal que no me oyó just as well o it's a good thing he didn't hear me; por lo menos at least; ir a menos to go downhill; ser lo de menos: eso es lo de menos, a mí lo que me preocupa es... that's the least of it, what worries me is...; la fecha es lo de menos the date is the least of our/their problems; tener a alguien en menos to feel somebody is beneath one; tener algo a menos to think something is beneath one o beneath one's dignity; venirse a menos — to come down in the world
IV
preposición

1) ( excepto)

firmaron todos menos Alonso — everybody but Alonso signed, everybody signed except o but Alonso

menos estos dos, todos están en venta — apart from o with the exception of these two, they are all for sale

tres latas de pintura, menos la que usé — three cans of paint, less what I used

2)

a) (Mat) (en restas, números negativos) minus

b) (Esp, RPl) ( en la hora)

son las cinco menos diez/cuarto — it's ten to five/(a) quarter to five

son menos veinte — it's twenty to
V
masculino minus sign

* * *

= least, less [lesser -comp., least -sup.], minus, but, less so.

Ex: Service to the whole community implies positive discrimination towards those who through social or educational deprivation are least adept at using information tools.

Ex: The role of analytical entries in an online catalogue is less clear.

Ex: Copies of records created by the libraries, minus local data, are added to the pool of cataloguing information available to users.

Ex: Rotundas were widely used for all but the most formal texts in the fifteenth century, but fell out of fashion during the sixteenth century, surviving longest in Spain.

Ex: Vellum remained popular on the continent, less so in England; while goatskin (morocco), although well established by this time for fine work, was seldom used in trade binding except for prayer books.

* al menos = at least, at the very least.

* a menos que = unless, short of.

* aproximadamente, más o menos = ballpark.

* area menos favorecida = less favoured area.

* cada vez menos = less and less.

* cuando menos te lo esperes = on any given Sunday.

* cuanto menos = at least, let alone, at best.

* dar menos de lo debido = shortchange.

* de menos del 10 por ciento = single digit, single figure.

* dentro de lo malo lo menos malo = the best of a bad lot.

* echar de menos = miss.

* echar muchísimo de menos = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.

* echar mucho de menos = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.

* el último pero no el menos importante = the last but by no means least.

* en todos menos en = in all but.

* en un futuro más o menos cercano = in the near future, in the near future.

* en un período más o menos lejano = in the near future, in the near future.

* estrella venida a menos = fallen star.

* figura venida a menos = fallen star.

* hacerlo todo menos = stop at + nothing short of.

* horas de menos aglomeración = off-peak times.

* lo menos posible = as little as possible.

* más o menos = more or less, of a sort, or so, of sorts, after a fashion, round about, roughly speaking, give or take.

* más o menos + Adverbio = relatively + Adverbio.

* más o menos cuadrado = squarish.

* menos aún = let alone.

* menos blandeces y más mano dura = less of the carrot, more of the stick, less of the carrot, more of the stick.

* menos conocido = lesser known.

* menos cultos, los = less literate, the.

* menos de + Cantidad = under + Cantidad, less than + Cantidad.

* menos de + Edad = on the right side of + Edad.

* menos desarrollado = less developed [less-developed].

* menos en = save in.

* menos en el caso de que = except when.

* menos favorecido = less-advantaged, less favoured [less favored].

* menos hecho = rarer.

* menos importante, el = least, the.

* menos probable = least likely, less likely.

* menos... que... = less... than....

* menos rápidos, los = less fleet of foot, the.

* menos sabido = lesser known.

* menos usado = less used.

* mucho menos = a great deal less, let alone, far less.

* nada más y nada menos = as much as + Expresión Numérica.

* nada más y nada menos que = in the order of + Cantidad, nothing less than.

* nada más y nada menos que de = to the tune of + Cantidad.

* nada más y nada menos que desde + Expresión Temporal = from as far back as + Expresión Temporal.

* nada más y nada menos que + Número = as many as + Número.

* nada menos que + Nombre + tan + Adjetivo + como = no less + Adjetivo + Nombre + than.

* ni más ni menos = nothing more, nothing less, no more, no less.

* ni mucho menos = by any stretch (of the imagination), by any means, not by a long shot.

* Nombre + más o menos = Nombre + of sorts.

* no ser menos que el vecino = keep up with + the Joneses.

* no ser menos que los demás = keep up with + the Joneses.

* pagar menos de lo que se debería = underpay.

* para no ser menos = not to be outdone.

* personaje venido a menos = fallen star.

* por último pero no menos importante = last but not least.

* región menos favorecida = less favoured region (LFR).

* salir de donde menos Uno se lo espera = come out of + the woodwork.

* ser menos + Adjetivo = be less of a(n) + Nombre.

* ser nada más y nada menos que = be nothing less than.

* signo menos (-) = minus sign (-), negative sign (-).

* todo menos = everything except (for).

* todos menos = everyone except, everybody except.

* todos menos + Número = all but + Número.

* último pero no el menos importante, el = final and not the least important, the.

* venir a menos = retrench.

* y cuanto mucho menos = much less.

* y mucho menos = much less, least of all.

* zona menos favorecida = less favoured area.

* * *

menos¹

adverb

A [ Grammar notes (Spanish) ]

(comparativo): cada vez estudia menos she's studying less and less

quiere trabajar menos y ganar más he wants to work less and earn more

ya me duele menos it doesn't hurt so much now

ahora que vive en Cádiz lo vemos menos now that he's living in Cadiz we don't see him so often o we don't see so much of him

eso es menos importante that's not so important

no voy a permitir que vaya, y menos aún con él I'm not going to let her go, much less with him

menos (…) QUE:

un hallazgo no menos importante que éste a find which is no less important than o just as important as this one

ella menos que nadie puede criticarte she of all people is in no position to criticize you

no pude menos que aceptar I had to accept, it was the least I could do

menos (…) DE:

los niños de menos de 7 años children under seven

pesa menos de 50 kilos it weighs less than o under 50 kilos

éramos menos de diez there were fewer than ten of us

lo compraron por menos de nada they bought it for next to nothing

no lo haría por menos de cien mil I wouldn't do it for less than a hundred thousand

está a menos de una hora de aquí it's less than an hour from here

es menos peligroso de lo que tú crees it's not as dangerous as you think

B [ Grammar notes (Spanish) ] (superlativo) least

es la menos complicada que he visto it is the least complicated one I have seen

éste es el menos pesado de los dos this is the lighter of the two

es el que menos viene por aquí he's the one who comes around least (often)

soy el que ha bebido menos de todos I've had less to drink than anyone, I'm the one who's had least to drink

es el que menos me gusta he's the one I like (the) least

se esfuerza lo menos posible he makes as little effort as possible

es lo menos que podía hacer por él it's the least I could do for him

sucedió cuando menos lo esperábamos it happened when we were least expecting it

para locs ver menos³ pron B. (↑ menos (3))

menos²

adj inv

A [ Grammar notes (Spanish) ] (comparativo) (en cantidad) less; (en número) fewer

alimentos con menos fibra/calorías food with less fiber/fewer calories

ya hace menos frío it's not as o so cold now

recibimos cada vez menos pedidos we are getting fewer and fewer orders

cuesta tres veces menos it costs a third of the price o a third as much

mide medio metro menos it's half a meter shorter

a éste ponle dos cucharadas menos add two tablespoonfuls less to this one

menos (…) QUE:

tengo menos tiempo que tú I haven't as o so much time as you

menos estudiantes que el año pasado fewer students than last year

somos menos que ellos there are fewer of us than them

no soy menos hombre que él I'm no less a man than him

yo no soy menos que él he's no better than me

B [ Grammar notes (Spanish) ] (superlativo) (en cantidad) least; (en número) fewest

el rincón donde hay menos luz the corner where there's least light

el partido que obtuvo menos votos the party that got (the) fewest votes

esos casos son los menos cases like that are the exception

menos³

pronoun

A

sírveme menos don't give me as o so much

ya falta menos it won't be long now

aprobaron menos que el año pasado not so o as many passed as last year, fewer passed than last year

B ( en locs):

al menos at least

a menos que unless

a menos que tú nos ayudes unless you help us

cuando menos at least

de menos: me ha dado 100 pesos de menos you've given me 100 pesos too little

siempre te da unos gramos de menos he always gives you a few grams under o too little

me has cobrado de menos you've undercharged me, you haven't charged me enough

echar

lo menos ( fam); at least

les pagaron lo menos un millón they paid them at least a million pesos

menos mal just as well

menos mal que no me oyó just as well o good thing o thank goodness he didn't hear me

nos van a dar una prórroga — ¡menos mal! they are going to give us extra time — just as well! o thank goodness for that!

por lo menos at least

si por lo menos me hubieras avisado … if you'd at least told me …

había por lo menos diez mil personas there were at least ten thousand people there

ir a menos to go downhill

ser lo de menos: eso es lo de menos, a mí lo que me preocupa es su falta de honradez that's the least of it, what worries me is his lack of integrity

la fecha es lo de menos the date is the least of our/their problems

tener a algn en menos to feel sb is beneath one

cuanto¹ (↑ cuanto (1)), más³ (↑ más (3)), mucho³ (↑ mucho (3)), nada¹ (↑ nada (1))

tener algo a menos to think sth is beneath one o beneath one's dignity

venirse a menos to come down in the world

un aristócrata venido a menos an aristocrat who has come down in the world o who has fallen on hard times

un hotel/barrio venido a menoss a rundown hotel/neighborhood*

menos⁴

prep

A

(excepto): firmaron todos menos Alonso everybody but Alonso signed, everybody signed except o but Alonso

menos estos dos, todos están en venta apart from o with the exception of these two, they are all for sale

tres latas de pintura, menos la que usé para la puerta three cans of paint, less what I used on the door

B

1 ( Mat) [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] (en restas, números negativos) minus

8-15=-7 read as: ocho menos quince (es) igual (a) menos siete eight minus fifteen equals o is minus seven

2

(Esp, RPI) (en la hora) [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] son las ocho menos diez/cuarto it's ten to eight/(a) quarter to eight

¿tienes hora? — menos veinte do you have the time? — it's twenty to

menos⁵

masculine

minus sign

* * *

menos adverbio
1 ( comparativo) less;
◊ cada vez estudia menos she's studying less and less;

ya me duele menos it hurts less now;
ahora lo vemos menos we don't see him so often now, we don't see so much of him now;
pesa menos de 50 kilos it weighs less than o under 50 kilos;
éramos menos de diez there were fewer than ten of us;
los niños de menos de 7 años children under seven
2 ( superlativo) least;
◊ es la menos complicada it is the least complicated one;

el que menos me gusta the one I like (the) least;
se esfuerza lo menos posible he makes as little effort as possible;
cuando menos lo esperaba when I was least expecting it
■ adjetivo invariable
1 ( comparativo) ( en cantidad) less;
( en número) fewer;
◊ alimentos con menos fibra/calorías food with less fiber/fewer calories;

hay menos errores there are fewer mistakes;
mide medio metro menos it's half a meter shorter;
menos estudiantes que el año pasado fewer students than last year;
tengo menos tiempo que tú I haven't as o so much time as you
2 ( superlativo) ( en cantidad) least;
( en número) fewest;
◊ donde hay menos luz where there's least light;

el que obtuvo menos votos the one who got (the) fewest votes
■ pronombre
1 ( en cantidad) less;
( en número) fewer;
◊ sírveme menos give me less;

ya falta menos it won't be long now
2 ( en locs)
◊ al menos at least;

a menos que unless;
cuando menos at least;
de menos: me dió 100 pesos de menos he gave me 100 pesos too little;
me cobró de menos he undercharged me;
lo menos the least;
menos mal just as well, thank goodness;
por lo menos at least;
eso es lo de menos that's the least of my (o our etc) problems
■ preposición
1 ( excepto):
◊ todos menos Alonso everybody except o but Alonso;

menos estos dos, … apart from o with the exception of these two, …;
tres latas de pintura, menos la que usé para la puerta three cans of paint, less what I used on the door
2
a) (Mat) (en restas, números negativos) minus

b) (Esp, RPl) ( en la hora):

◊ son las cinco menos diez/cuarto it's ten to five/(a) quarter to five;

son menos veinte it's twenty to
menos
I adverbio
1 (en menor cantidad, grado) (con no contable) less: ayer me dolía menos, it hurt less yesterday
había menos de treinta personas, there were less than thirty people
es menos importante de lo que crees, it's less important than you think
tengo menos fuerza que antes, I have less strength than before
(con contable) fewer: mi casa tiene menos habitaciones, my house has fewer rooms
2 (superlativo) least: es el menos indicado para opinar, he's the worst person to judge
3 (sobre todo) no pienso discutir, y menos contigo, I don't want to argue, especially with you
II preposición
1 but, except: vinieron todos menos uno, they all came but one
2 Mat minus: siete menos dos, seven minus two
♦ Locuciones: eso es lo de menos, that's the least of it
a menos que, unless
al o por lo menos, at least
cada vez menos, less and less
¡menos mal!, thank goodness!
nada menos que, no less o no fewer than
no ser para menos, to be the least one could do: me invitó a cenar, ¡y no era para menos!, he invited me to dinner, which was the least he could do!
venir a menos, to lose rank, fortune or position
' menos' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aliviar
- añorar
- cachondeo
- cada
- cantar
- contratación
- cuando
- echar
- esquivar
- estar
- extrañar
- gallo
- hipar
- historiada
- historiado
- indicada
- indicado
- infarto
- los
- mal
- más
- mucha
- mucho
- pensar
- piedra
- programa
- recochineo
- salva
- salvo
- signo
- siquiera
- su
- tan
- todavía
- vez
- cinco
- costumbre
- cuanto
- cuarto
- de
- día
- enfado
- enojo
- entre
- esperar
- estofado
- mientras
- mirar
- momento
- nada
English:
about
- absent
- agree
- alone
- anything
- anywhere
- appreciate
- at
- averse
- barring
- besides
- billion
- blind
- blue
- border
- but
- cackle
- chalk
- circuitous
- conscious
- delay
- far
- ferment
- few
- god
- good
- if
- job
- just
- last
- least
- less
- let
- let up
- mind
- minus
- minus sign
- minute
- miss
- more
- nothing
- nowadays
- of
- opposed
- or
- pretty
- put down
- rate
- recollect
- remain

* * *

menos

♦ adj inv

1. [comparativo] [cantidad] less;
[número] fewer;
menos aire less air;

menos manzanas fewer apples;

menos… que… less/fewer… than…;

tiene menos experiencia que tú she has less experience than you;

vino menos gente que otras veces there were fewer people there than on other occasions;

hace menos calor que ayer it's not as hot as it was yesterday;

colócate a menos distancia stand closer;

eran menos pero mejor preparadas there were fewer of them, but they were better prepared

2. [superlativo] [cantidad] the least;
[número] the fewest;
el que compró menos libros the one who bought the fewest books;

lo que menos tiempo llevó the thing that took the least time;

la que menos nota sacó en el examen the girl who did (the) worst o got the worst Br marks o US grades in the exam

3. Fam [peor]
éste es menos coche que el mío this car isn't as good as mine;

es menos hombre que tú he's less of a man than you are

♦ adv

1. [comparativo] less;

a mí échame un poco menos give me a bit less;

ahora con el bebé salen menos they go out less now they've got the baby;

últimamente trabajo menos I haven't been working as o so much recently;

estás menos gordo you're not as o so fat;

¿a cien? no, íbamos menos rápido a hundred km/h? no, we weren't going as fast as that;

menos de/que less than;

Pepe es menos alto (que tú) Pepe isn't as tall (as you);

Pepe es menos ambicioso (que tú) Pepe isn't as ambitious (as you), Pepe is less ambitious (than you);

este vino me gusta menos (que el otro) I don't like this wine as much (as the other one), I like this wine less (than the other one);

son menos de las diez it's not quite ten o'clock yet;

es difícil encontrar alquileres de o [m5]por menos de 50.000 it's hard to find a place to rent for less than o under 50,000;

tardamos menos de lo esperado we took less time than expected, it didn't take us as long as we expected;

es menos complicado de lo que parece it's not as complicated as it seems, it's less complicated than it seems

2. [superlativo]
el/la/lo menos the least;

ella es la menos adecuada para el cargo she's the least suitable person for the job;

el menos preparado de todos/de la clase the least well trained of everyone/in the class;

el menos preparado de los dos the less well trained of the two;

la que menos trabaja the person o one who works (the) least;

aquí es donde menos me duele this is where it hurts (the) least;

él es el menos indicado para criticar he's the last person who should be criticizing;

es lo menos que puedo hacer it's the least I can do;

era lo menos que te podía pasar it was the least you could expect;

debió costar lo menos un millón it must have cost at least a million;

había algunas manzanas podridas, pero eran las menos some of the apples were rotten, but only a very few

3. [indica resta] minus;

tres menos dos igual a uno three minus two is one

4. Esp, RP [con las horas] to;

son las dos menos diez it's ten to two;

son menos diez it's ten to

5. Comp

ir a menos [fiebre, lluvia] to die down;
[delincuencia] to drop;
¡menos mal! just as well!, thank God!;

menos mal que llevo rueda de repuesto/que no te pasó nada thank God I've got a spare wheel/(that) nothing happened to you;

nada menos (que) no less (than);

le recibió nada menos que el Papa he was received by none other than the Pope;

no es para menos not without (good) reason;

no pude por menos que reírme I had to laugh;

venir a menos [negocio] to go downhill;
[persona] to go down in the world;
no pienso montar y menos si conduces o Am [m5] manejas tú I've no intention of getting in, much less so if you're driving;

Comp

hacer de menos a alguien to snub sb

♦ pron

había menos que el año pasado there were fewer than the previous year;

ya queda menos it's not so far to go now

♦ nm inv
Mat minus (sign)
♦ prep
[excepto] except (for);
todo menos eso anything but that;

vinieron todos menos él everyone came except (for) o but him;

menos el café, todo está incluido en el precio everything except the coffee is included in the price

♦ al menos loc conj

at least;

costará al menos tres millones it will cost at least three million;

dame al menos una hora para prepararme give me at least an hour to get ready

♦ a menos que loc conj

unless;

no iré a menos que me acompañes I won't go unless you come with me

♦ de menos loc adv

hay dos libros de menos there are two books missing;

me han dado 80 céntimos de menos they've given me 80 cents too little, they've short-changed me by 80 cents;

eso es lo de menos that's the least of it

♦ por lo menos loc adv

at least;

por lo menos pide perdón you at least ought to apologize

* * *

menos

I adj

1 en cantidad less;

cien dólares de menos 100 dollars short, 100 dollars too little;

hay cinco calcetines de menos we are five socks short

2 en número fewer

II adv

1 comp: en cantidad less;

es menos guapa que Ana she is not as pretty as Ana

2 sup: en cantidad least;

al menos, por lo menos at least

3 MAT minus;

tres menos dos three minus two

III m MAT minus (sign)

IV

:

a menos que unless;

todos menos yo everyone but o except me;

echar de menos miss;

tener a alguien en menos look down on s.o.;

eso es lo de menos that’s the least of it;

ir a menos come down in the world;

ni mucho menos far from it;

no es para menos quite right too;

son las dos menos diez it’s ten of two, Br it’s ten to two

* * *

menos adv

1) : less

llueve menos en agosto: it rains less in August

2) : least

el coche menos caro: the least expensive car

3)

menos de : less than, fewer than

menos adj

1) : less, fewer

tengo más trabajo y menos tiempo: I have more work and less time

2) : least, fewest

la clase que tiene menos estudiantes: the class that has the fewest students

menos prep

1) salvo, excepto: except

2) : minus

quince menos cuatro son once: fifteen minus four is eleven

menos pron

1) : less, fewer

no deberías aceptar menos: you shouldn't accept less

2)

al menos or

por lo menos : at least

3)

a menos que : unless

* * *

menos¹ adv

1. (comparativo) less

deberías ponerte menos azúcar you should take less sugar

2. (con nombres contables) fewer

había menos gente there were fewer people

3. (superlativo) least

es el menos caro it's the least expensive

4. (excepto) except

puedo hacer de todo menos cocinar I can do everything except cook

fueron todos al parque menos ella they all went to the park except her

5. (con la hora) to

son las ocho menos diez it's ten to eight

6. (en matemáticas) minus

ocho menos dos son seis eight minus two is six

al menos at least

a menos que unless

menos mal thank goodness

menos mal que has venido it's a good job you've come

por lo menos at least

menos² n minus sign

Spanish-English dictionary > menos
11 producción

f.

1 production, output, net quantity of produce yielded, produce.

Ricardo le metió un gol a Tito Richard scored a goal against Tito.

2 production.

3 production, cultivation.

* * *

producción

► nombre femenino

1 production

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

producción en cadena mass production

* * *

noun f.

production, output

* * *

SF

1) (Com) (=acción) production; (=cantidad) output

en fase de producción — in the production phase

la producción maderera de Brasil — Brazil's timber output

producción bruta — gross production

producción en cadena — production-line assembly

producción en serie — mass production

2) (Literat, Mús) output

la producción poética de Lorca — Lorca's poetic output

su abundante producción operística — his prolific operatic work

3) (Cine, Teat) production

departamento de producción — production department

una producción italiana — an Italian production

producción propia — (TV) in-house production

programas de producción propia — in-house programmes

* * *

femenino

1)

a) (Com, Econ) (proceso, acción) production; ( cantidad) output, production

b) ( conjunto de obras) output

su producción dramática es escasa — his dramatic output is small

la producción pictórica de Picasso — Picasso's paintings

- producción en cadena or serie

2) (Cin, Teatr, TV) production

la etapa de producción — the production stage

una producción de la BBC — a BBC production

* * *

= making, production, yield, throughput, vintage, release, output, writing, crafting.

Ex. A producer is the person with final responsibility for the making of a motion picture, including business aspects, management of the production, and the commercial success of the film.

Ex. Early work led to the production of over twenty special schemes in various areas of knowledge.

Ex. Priority is awarded to projects with the following aims: oil and gas recovery, drilling, optimum use of natural gas, and maximising the yield by the use of enhanced recovery techniques.

Ex. This revision to the Decimal Classification was adopted immediately by BNB, which would otherwise have found great difficulty in classifying much of its throughput.

Ex. Bibliometric analyses confirmed that review articles on topics that are generating high levels of research activity tend to have relatively voluminous bibliographies made up of a disproportionate number of citations to source materials of very recent vintage.

Ex. But first we must create the conditions for single-mindedness and hence the release of our energies (one senses much pent-up energy mixed up with our professional frustrations).

Ex. A slight decline -- about 1% -- in the book title output of US publishers took place in 1988, compared with 1987, largely attributable to a falling-off of mass market paperback output, especially in fiction.

Ex. His library, a rare survival of the Graeco-Roman period, comprised his own writings and philosophical readings.

Ex. This volume tellingly reveals the many negotiations, improvisations, sleights-of-hand, and slipknots that were a part of the crafting of Hitchcock's films.

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* aumento de la producción = increased production.

* cadena de producción = production chain, production line.

* cadena de producción y distribución, la = supply chain, the.

* campo petrolífero de producción regular = marginal field.

* capacidad de producción = throughput.

* coproducción = coproduction [co-production].

* costes de producción = production costs.

* costos de producción = production costs.

* cuota de producción = production quota.

* equipo de producción = production team, production equipment.

* incremento de la producción = increased production.

* indicador de producción = output indicator.

* índice de producción = output indicator.

* industria dedicada a la producción de carne de vaca, la = beef industry, the.

* medios de producción = means of production.

* producción agrícola = agricultural production.

* producción alimenticia = food production.

* producción asistida por ordenador (CAM) = CAM (computer-aided manufacturing).

* producción bibliográfica = literature, bibliographic output.

* producción bibliográfica sobre biblioteconomía = library literature.

* producción cárnica = meat production.

* producción científica = publication output, scientific output, research writings, scholarly literature, scholarly output.

* producción científica de investigación = research literature.

* producción cinematográfica = film making [filmmaking].

* producción conjunta = joint production.

* producción de alimentos = food production.

* producción de artículos = article productivity.

* producción de carne de vaca = beef production.

* producción de documentos = document production.

* producción de huevos = egg production.

* producción de libros = book production, book publishing.

* producción de vino = winemaking.

* producción editorial = book production, book publishing, publishing output.

* producción lechera = milk yield, milk production.

* producción literaria = literature.

* producción multimedia = media production.

* producción teatral = theatre production.

* relacionado con la producción = production-related.

* tasa de producción = production rate.

* vaca dedicada a la producción de leche = milk-producing cow.

* zona de producción de trigo = wheatbelt.

* * *

femenino

1)

a) (Com, Econ) (proceso, acción) production; ( cantidad) output, production

b) ( conjunto de obras) output

su producción dramática es escasa — his dramatic output is small

la producción pictórica de Picasso — Picasso's paintings

- producción en cadena or serie

2) (Cin, Teatr, TV) production

la etapa de producción — the production stage

una producción de la BBC — a BBC production

* * *

= making, production, yield, throughput, vintage, release, output, writing, crafting.

Ex: A producer is the person with final responsibility for the making of a motion picture, including business aspects, management of the production, and the commercial success of the film.

Ex: Early work led to the production of over twenty special schemes in various areas of knowledge.

Ex: Priority is awarded to projects with the following aims: oil and gas recovery, drilling, optimum use of natural gas, and maximising the yield by the use of enhanced recovery techniques.

Ex: This revision to the Decimal Classification was adopted immediately by BNB, which would otherwise have found great difficulty in classifying much of its throughput.

Ex: Bibliometric analyses confirmed that review articles on topics that are generating high levels of research activity tend to have relatively voluminous bibliographies made up of a disproportionate number of citations to source materials of very recent vintage.

Ex: But first we must create the conditions for single-mindedness and hence the release of our energies (one senses much pent-up energy mixed up with our professional frustrations).

Ex: A slight decline -- about 1% -- in the book title output of US publishers took place in 1988, compared with 1987, largely attributable to a falling-off of mass market paperback output, especially in fiction.

Ex: His library, a rare survival of the Graeco-Roman period, comprised his own writings and philosophical readings.

Ex: This volume tellingly reveals the many negotiations, improvisations, sleights-of-hand, and slipknots that were a part of the crafting of Hitchcock's films.

* aumento de la producción = increased production.

* cadena de producción = production chain, production line.

* cadena de producción y distribución, la = supply chain, the.

* campo petrolífero de producción regular = marginal field.

* capacidad de producción = throughput.

* coproducción = coproduction [co-production].

* costes de producción = production costs.

* costos de producción = production costs.

* cuota de producción = production quota.

* equipo de producción = production team, production equipment.

* incremento de la producción = increased production.

* indicador de producción = output indicator.

* índice de producción = output indicator.

* industria dedicada a la producción de carne de vaca, la = beef industry, the.

* medios de producción = means of production.

* producción agrícola = agricultural production.

* producción alimenticia = food production.

* producción asistida por ordenador (CAM) = CAM (computer-aided manufacturing).

* producción bibliográfica = literature, bibliographic output.

* producción bibliográfica sobre biblioteconomía = library literature.

* producción cárnica = meat production.

* producción científica = publication output, scientific output, research writings, scholarly literature, scholarly output.

* producción científica de investigación = research literature.

* producción cinematográfica = film making [filmmaking].

* producción conjunta = joint production.

* producción de alimentos = food production.

* producción de artículos = article productivity.

* producción de carne de vaca = beef production.

* producción de documentos = document production.

* producción de huevos = egg production.

* producción de libros = book production, book publishing.

* producción de vino = winemaking.

* producción editorial = book production, book publishing, publishing output.

* producción lechera = milk yield, milk production.

* producción literaria = literature.

* producción multimedia = media production.

* producción teatral = theatre production.

* relacionado con la producción = production-related.

* tasa de producción = production rate.

* vaca dedicada a la producción de leche = milk-producing cow.

* zona de producción de trigo = wheatbelt.

* * *

producción

feminine

A

1 ( Com, Econ) (proceso, acción) production; (cantidad) output, production

[ S ] uvas Lacalle; producción argentina Lacalle grapes; produce of Argentina

2 (conjunto de obras) output

su producción dramática es escasa his dramatic output is small, he has not written many plays

la producción pictórica de Picasso the works of Picasso, Picasso's paintings

Compuestos:

● producción en cadena or serie

mass production

● producción sostenida

sustained yield

B ( Cin, Teatr, TV) (proceso, acción) production; (obra, película) production

varios países participaron en la producción del programa various countries took part in producing the program o in the production of the program

la etapa de producción the production stage

una producción de la BBC a BBC production

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producción sustantivo femenino
1 (Com, Econ) (proceso, acción) production;
( cantidad) output, production;
producción en cadena or serie mass production
2 (Cin, Teatr, TV) production
producción sustantivo femenino
1 (proceso) production
producción en serie, mass production
2 (resultado) output, products
la producción aumentó un diez por ciento, production increased by ten percent
producción lechera, dairy produce
3 (de una película, disco, etc) production
' producción' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
elaboración
- error
- excedente
- pantalla
- remanente
- saquería
- sedería
- activar
- arrocero
- aumentar
- cadena
- cuota
- déficit
- disminuir
- diversificar
- impulsar
- lechero
- montar
- paralizar
- reducir
- retrasar
- variar
- vinícola
English:
cut back
- domestic
- foreman
- making
- manufacturing capacity
- mass production
- output
- production
- scale down
- step up
- wind down
- work
- out

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producción nf

1. [acción] production;
[producto] product;
se ha incrementado la producción de acero steel production has increased;

un autor con una extensa producción poética an author with an extensive poetic output

Comp
Ind producción en cadena mass production; Ind producción en serie mass production
2. Cine & TV production;

una producción de TVE a TVE production

* * *

producción

f production

* * *

producción nf, pl - ciones

1) : production

2)

producción en serie : mass production

* * *

producción n

1. (elaboración) production

¿quién se encarga de la producción? who's in charge of production?

2. (productos industriales) output

un aumento de producción an increase in output

3. (productos agrícolas) produce

Spanish-English dictionary > producción
12 tienda

f.

1 shop, store (establecimiento).

ir de tiendas to go shopping

tienda de antigüedades antique shop

tienda de artículos de regalo gift shop

tienda de departamentos department store (Mexican Spanish)

tienda de deportes sports shop

tienda libre de impuestos duty-free shop

tienda de muebles furniture shop

tienda de ropa clothes shop

tienda virtual online store o retailer

2 tent.

3 tentorium.

pres.subj.

1^st person singular (yo) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: tender.

* * *

tienda

► nombre femenino

1 (establecimiento) shop, US store

2 (de campaña) tent

3 (de carro) cover

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

ir de tiendas to go shopping

tienda de campaña tent

tienda de comestibles / tienda de ultramarinos grocer's, US grocery store

tienda de modas boutique

* * *

noun f.

store, shop

- tienda de campaña

* * *

SF

1) (Com) shop, store

lo compré en esta tienda — I bought it in this shop

ir de tiendas — to go shopping

tienda de abarrotes — CAm, And, Méx grocer's (shop) ( esp Brit), grocery (EEUU)

tienda de comestibles — grocer's (shop), grocery (EEUU)

tienda de deportes — sports shop, sporting goods store (EEUU)

tienda de regalos — gift shop

tienda de ultramarinos — grocer's (shop), grocery (EEUU)

tienda electrónica — e-shop ( esp Brit), e-store ( esp EEUU)

tienda libre de impuestos — duty-free shop

tienda por departamento — Caribe department store

2) (tb: tienda de campaña) tent

montar la tienda — to pitch the tent

desmontar la tienda — to take down the tent

3) (Náut) awning

4) (Med)

tienda de oxígeno — oxygen tent

* * *

femenino

1) (Com) ( en general) store (esp AmE), shop (esp BrE); ( de comestibles) grocery store (AmE), grocer's (shop) (BrE)

la tienda de la esquina — the local convenience store, the corner shop (BrE)

ir de tiendas — to go shopping

- tienda de comestibles or abarrotes

- tienda de departamentos

- tienda de regalos

2) (Dep, Mil, Ocio) tb

tienda de campaña — tent

poner or montar or armar una tienda — to put up o pitch a tent

quitar or desmontar or desarmar una tienda — to take down a tent

* * *

= retail outlet, shop, store, workshop, drugstore, storefront, commercial outlet, retail store, retail shop, general store.

Ex. It has never yet been seriously argued that there should be restrictions placed on any retail outlets wishing to sell books.

Ex. In strong contrast to, say, television sets and instant coffee, where the consumer may save by shopping around, there is no advantage to be gained by going to one shop rather than another for a book so far as price is concerned.

Ex. The cheapest of these machines costs under $100 and they can be bought in stores, supermarkets and by mail-order.

Ex. The customers preferred to go in by a glazed door set in the shop-front and giving onto the street, even though this meant going down some steps, the floor of the workshop being below road-level.

Ex. We need to act on this conviction (it means a shift in political and social consciousness that may be painful to many) if the library is to be a source of energy and not a drugstore.

Ex. This article outlines some of the virtual shopping malls and storefronts available and explains how to find out about commercial resources on the net = Este artículo describe en líneas generales algunos de los centros comerciales y tiendas virtuales existentes y explica cómo encontrar recursos comerciales en la red.

Ex. People do not come to the public library for alternative material to the high street commercial outlet.

Ex. Another main trend emerging is merchandising, where the public library is set up in a similar way to a retail store with items on sale.

Ex. Books were advertised in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries by means of printed publishers' lists, which were carried about by salesmen and were probably put up in retail shops.

Ex. Each village had its own church, school, bakery, dairy, wine cellar, craft shops and general store.

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* cadena de tiendas = discount store.

* calle de tiendas = shopping street.

* comprar regularmente en una tienda = patronise + shop.

* frecuentar una tienda = patronise + shop.

* frontal de la tienda = shop-front [shopfront].

* galería de tiendas = mall of shops, mall.

* hurtar en una tienda = shoplift.

* hurto en tienda = shoplifting.

* orientado hacia las tiendas = shop-based.

* plantar una tienda = pitch + tent.

* poner una tienda = pitch + tent.

* robar en una tienda = shoplift.

* ser cliente de una tienda = patronise + shop.

* tienda artesanal = craft shop.

* tienda benéfica = charity shop.

* tienda de alimentos naturales = health food store, health food shop.

* tienda de alquiler = rental outlet.

* tienda de animales = pet shop.

* tienda de antigüedades = antique(s) shop.

* tienda de artesanía = craft shop.

* tienda de artículos deportivos = sporting goods store.

* tienda de artículos para regalo = gift shop, novelty shop.

* tienda de barrio = convenience store.

* tienda de batidos = smoothie shop.

* tienda de bebidas alcohólicas = liquor store.

* tienda de bricolaje = home improvement store.

* tienda de campaña = tent.

* tienda de caramelos = confectioner.

* tienda de comestibles = grocery, grocer, grocery store, food shop, food store.

* tienda de compras por Internet = online store.

* tienda de delicatesen = gourmet food store.

* tienda de deporte = sporting goods store.

* tienda de discos = record shop, record store.

* tienda de efectos navales = chandlery.

* tienda de electricidad = electrical shop, electrical store, electric shop.

* tienda de electrónica = electronics shop, electronics store.

* tienda de juguetes = toy shop.

* tienda de la esquina = corner shop, the.

* tienda de la esquina, la = corner drugstore, the.

* tienda de mascotas = pet shop.

* tienda de muebles = furniture shop, furniture store.

* tienda de música = music store.

* tienda de novedades = novelty shop.

* tienda de periódicos = newsagent's shop.

* tienda de productos ecológicos = health food shop, health food store.

* tienda de recuerdos = souvenir shop.

* tienda de regalos = souvenir shop, gift shop, novelty shop.

* tienda de ropa = dress shop, clothing store.

* tienda de todo a cien = dollar store.

* tienda de ultramarinos = grocery, grocer, grocery store, food shop, food store.

* tienda de una cadena = chain store.

* tienda eletrónica = online store.

* tienda en línea = online store.

* tienda en lugar poco poblado = trading post.

* tienda india = tepee, wigwam.

* tienda online = online store.

* tienda que vende de todo = general store.

* tienda virtual = online store.

* * *

femenino

1) (Com) ( en general) store (esp AmE), shop (esp BrE); ( de comestibles) grocery store (AmE), grocer's (shop) (BrE)

la tienda de la esquina — the local convenience store, the corner shop (BrE)

ir de tiendas — to go shopping

- tienda de comestibles or abarrotes

- tienda de departamentos

- tienda de regalos

2) (Dep, Mil, Ocio) tb

tienda de campaña — tent

poner or montar or armar una tienda — to put up o pitch a tent

quitar or desmontar or desarmar una tienda — to take down a tent

* * *

= retail outlet, shop, store, workshop, drugstore, storefront, commercial outlet, retail store, retail shop, general store.

Ex: It has never yet been seriously argued that there should be restrictions placed on any retail outlets wishing to sell books.

Ex: In strong contrast to, say, television sets and instant coffee, where the consumer may save by shopping around, there is no advantage to be gained by going to one shop rather than another for a book so far as price is concerned.

Ex: The cheapest of these machines costs under $100 and they can be bought in stores, supermarkets and by mail-order.

Ex: The customers preferred to go in by a glazed door set in the shop-front and giving onto the street, even though this meant going down some steps, the floor of the workshop being below road-level.

Ex: We need to act on this conviction (it means a shift in political and social consciousness that may be painful to many) if the library is to be a source of energy and not a drugstore.

Ex: This article outlines some of the virtual shopping malls and storefronts available and explains how to find out about commercial resources on the net = Este artículo describe en líneas generales algunos de los centros comerciales y tiendas virtuales existentes y explica cómo encontrar recursos comerciales en la red.

Ex: People do not come to the public library for alternative material to the high street commercial outlet.

Ex: Another main trend emerging is merchandising, where the public library is set up in a similar way to a retail store with items on sale.

Ex: Books were advertised in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries by means of printed publishers' lists, which were carried about by salesmen and were probably put up in retail shops.

Ex: Each village had its own church, school, bakery, dairy, wine cellar, craft shops and general store.

* cadena de tiendas = discount store.

* calle de tiendas = shopping street.

* comprar regularmente en una tienda = patronise + shop.

* frecuentar una tienda = patronise + shop.

* frontal de la tienda = shop-front [shopfront].

* galería de tiendas = mall of shops, mall.

* hurtar en una tienda = shoplift.

* hurto en tienda = shoplifting.

* orientado hacia las tiendas = shop-based.

* plantar una tienda = pitch + tent.

* poner una tienda = pitch + tent.

* robar en una tienda = shoplift.

* ser cliente de una tienda = patronise + shop.

* tienda artesanal = craft shop.

* tienda benéfica = charity shop.

* tienda de alimentos naturales = health food store, health food shop.

* tienda de alquiler = rental outlet.

* tienda de animales = pet shop.

* tienda de antigüedades = antique(s) shop.

* tienda de artesanía = craft shop.

* tienda de artículos deportivos = sporting goods store.

* tienda de artículos para regalo = gift shop, novelty shop.

* tienda de barrio = convenience store.

* tienda de batidos = smoothie shop.

* tienda de bebidas alcohólicas = liquor store.

* tienda de bricolaje = home improvement store.

* tienda de campaña = tent.

* tienda de caramelos = confectioner.

* tienda de comestibles = grocery, grocer, grocery store, food shop, food store.

* tienda de compras por Internet = online store.

* tienda de delicatesen = gourmet food store.

* tienda de deporte = sporting goods store.

* tienda de discos = record shop, record store.

* tienda de efectos navales = chandlery.

* tienda de electricidad = electrical shop, electrical store, electric shop.

* tienda de electrónica = electronics shop, electronics store.

* tienda de juguetes = toy shop.

* tienda de la esquina = corner shop, the.

* tienda de la esquina, la = corner drugstore, the.

* tienda de mascotas = pet shop.

* tienda de muebles = furniture shop, furniture store.

* tienda de música = music store.

* tienda de novedades = novelty shop.

* tienda de periódicos = newsagent's shop.

* tienda de productos ecológicos = health food shop, health food store.

* tienda de recuerdos = souvenir shop.

* tienda de regalos = souvenir shop, gift shop, novelty shop.

* tienda de ropa = dress shop, clothing store.

* tienda de todo a cien = dollar store.

* tienda de ultramarinos = grocery, grocer, grocery store, food shop, food store.

* tienda de una cadena = chain store.

* tienda eletrónica = online store.

* tienda en línea = online store.

* tienda en lugar poco poblado = trading post.

* tienda india = tepee, wigwam.

* tienda online = online store.

* tienda que vende de todo = general store.

* tienda virtual = online store.

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tienda

feminine

A ( Com)

1 (en general) store ( esp AmE), shop ( esp BrE); (de comestibles) grocery store ( AmE), grocer's (shop) ( BrE)

la tienda de la esquina the local convenience store, the corner shop ( BrE)

ir de tiendas to go shopping

va a abrir su propia tienda she's going to open her own shop o store

2 (CS) (de telas) dry goods store ( AmE), draper's ( BrE)

Compuestos:

● tienda de abarrotes

( AmC, Andes, Méx) tienda de alimentación

● tienda de alimentación or comestibles

grocery store ( AmE), grocer's (shop) ( BrE)

● tienda de artículos defectuosos

reject store ( AmE), reject shop ( BrE)

● tienda de antigüedades

antique shop o ( AmE) store

● tienda de decomisos

: store selling goods confiscated at customs

● tienda de departamentos

( Méx) department store

● tienda de deportes

sports shop o ( AmE) store

● tienda de modas

boutique

● tienda de muebles

furniture shop o ( AmE) store

● tienda de regalos

gift shop o ( AmE) store

● tienda de ultramarinos

tienda de alimentación

B ( Dep, Mil, Ocio) tb

tienda de campaña tent

poner or montar or armar una tienda to put up o pitch a tent

quitar or desmontar or desarmar una tienda to take down a tent

Compuestos:

● tienda canadiense

ridge tent

● tienda de oxígeno

oxygen tent

● tienda remolque

trailer tent

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Del verbo tender: ( conjugate tender)

tienda es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
tender
tienda
tender ( conjugate tender) verbo transitivo
1 ‹ ropa› ( afuera) to hang out;
( dentro de la casa) to hang (up);
◊ tengo ropa tendida I have some washing on the line

2
a) ( extender) ‹ manta› to spread out, lay out;

‹ mantel› to spread;
◊ le tendió la mano he held out his hand to him

b) (AmL) ‹ cama› to make;

‹ mesa› to lay, set
c) ‹ persona› to lay

3
a) ‹ cable› ( sobre superficie) to lay;

( suspendido) to hang
b) ‹ vía férrea› to lay

4 ‹ emboscada› to lay, set;
‹ trampa› to set
verbo intransitivo ( inclinarse) tienda a hacer algo to tend to do sth;
◊ tiende a encoger it tends to shrink

tenderse verbo pronominal ( tumbarse) to lie down
tienda sustantivo femenino
1 (Com) ( en general) store (esp AmE), shop (esp BrE);
◊ ir de tiendas to go shopping;

tienda de comestibles or (AmC, Andes, Méx) abarrotes grocery store (AmE), grocer's (shop) (BrE)
2 (Dep, Mil, Ocio) tb
◊ tienda de campaña tent;

poner or montar una tienda to put up o pitch a tent;
desmontar una tienda to take down a tent
tender
I verbo transitivo
1 (la ropa) to hang out
2 (tumbar) to lay: la tendimos en el sofá, we laid her on the sofa
3 (extender, desplegar) to spread: tendió la manta en el suelo, he streched the blanket out on the floor
4 (cables, una vía) to lay
(puente) to build
5 (ofrecer) to hold out: me tendió la mano, he held out his hand
(alargar, aproximar) to pass, hand
6 (una emboscada, trampa) to set
II verbo intransitivo to tend [a, to]: tiende a ser pesimista, he is prone to pessimism
tienda sustantivo femenino
1 Com shop, US store: tienda de comestibles o ultramarinos, grocer's (shop), US grocery
tienda de regalos, gift shop
tienda libre de impuestos, dutyfree shop
2 tienda de campaña, tent
' tienda' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abarrotería
- abrir
- alfarería
- almacén
- amarrar
- antigüedad
- aparador
- asaltar
- barrio
- bodega
- caja
- camisería
- carpa
- cristalería
- despachar
- desvalijar
- escaparate
- expositor
- expositora
- informatización
- instalar
- lavabo
- lencería
- luna
- negocio
- papelería
- pedir
- peletería
- perfumería
- premamá
- presupuesto
- puesta
- puesto
- relojería
- saquear
- saqueo
- sillería
- sombrerería
- tapicería
- trapería
- ultramarinos
- venir
- a
- abarrotes
- anticuario
- armar
- asalto
- atención
- atender
- autoservicio
English:
around
- browse
- caller
- chain store
- counter
- curio
- dairy
- deal with
- delicatessen
- department
- duty-free
- establishment
- expand
- fitting
- fix-it
- flagship
- flap
- florist
- footwear
- good
- grocer
- grocery
- haberdashery
- interest
- junk shop
- lock up
- look round
- loot
- lower
- man
- open
- paper shop
- peg
- pitch
- processing
- return
- salesman
- saleswoman
- serve
- set up
- shop
- short-change
- stock
- store
- tent
- window
- antique
- bound
- cash
- chain

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tienda nf

1. [establecimiento] shop, store;

ir de tiendas to go shopping

Comp
Andes, CAm, Méx tienda de abarrotes Br grocer's shop, US grocery store;
tienda de alimentación Br grocer's shop, US grocery store;

tienda de antigüedades antique shop;

tienda de artículos de regalo gift shop;
Méx tienda bandera flagship store;
tienda de departamentos department store;

tienda de deportes sports shop;

tienda de fábrica factory outlet;

tienda libre de impuestos duty-free shop;

tienda insignia flagship store;

tienda de modas clothes shop o store;

tienda de muebles furniture shop o store;

tienda on-line o en línea on-line shop;

tienda de ropa clothes shop o store;

tienda de ultramarinos Br grocer's shop, US grocery store;

tienda virtual on-line store o retailer

2. [de plástico, lona]
tienda (de campaña) tent;

montar/desmontar la tienda to pitch/take down one's tent

Comp
tienda (de campaña) canadiense ridge tent; Med tienda de oxígeno oxygen tent
* * *

tienda

f store, shop;

ir de tiendas go shopping

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tienda nf

1) : store, shop

2) or

tienda de campaña : tent

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tienda n shop

una tienda de ropa a clothes shop

tienda de campaña tent

Spanish-English dictionary > tienda
13 kost

kost

1 [meervoud] [wat betaald moet worden] cost, expense ⇒ 〈 investeringen〉 outlay, charge 〈 voor diensten〉

2 [levensonderhoud] living

3 [dagelijkse voeding] board(ing) ⇒ keep

4 [voedsel] fare, food ⇒ 〈 figuurlijk〉 stuff

♦voorbeelden:

1   kosten koper • expenses to be paid for by the buyer

     kosten van levensonderhoud • cost of living

     〈 economie〉 kosten en onkosten • costs and expenditure

     op haar eigen kosten • at her own expense

     de kosten bestrijden • meet the costs

     dit brengt veel kosten met zich mee • this involves considerable costs/expense

     de kosten dekken • cover the costs

     de kosten delen met iemand • share (the) expenses with someone

     de kosten dragen • bear the expenses

     veel kosten maken • go to great expense

     kosten maken • incur expenses

     kosten noch moeite sparen • spare no trouble or expense

     de kosten eruit hebben • have recovered one's expenses

     〈 juridisch〉 iemand veroordelen in de kosten (van het proces) • order someone to pay the costs

     met weinig kosten • at little expense

     iemand op kosten jagen • put someone to expense(s)

     op kosten van • at the expense of

     op kosten van zijn moeder leven • live off one's mother

     zonder kosten • free of charge

2   de kost verdienen (als/door) • make/earn a living (as/out of/by -ing)

     zelf de kost verdienen • provide for oneself

     wat doe jij voor de kost? • what do you do for a living?

     〈 figuurlijk〉 doe jij ook eens wat voor de kost • get your own hands dirty for a change

3   kost en inwoning • board and lodging

     ik zou ze niet graag de kost willen geven, die … • there are more than you think who …

     bij iemand in de kost zijn • board with someone

     in de kost gaan bij • lodge/board with

4   dagelijkse kost • ordinary food

     lichte/zware kost • light/heavy food

     slappe kost • slops

     〈 figuurlijk〉 die poëzie is zware kost • this poetry is heavy stuff

     〈 figuurlijk〉 dat is geen kost voor kinderen • that is not suitable for children

¶   het gaat ten koste van zijn gezondheid • it is at the expense of his health

     geestig zijn ten koste van iemand anders • be witty at someone else's expense

Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > kost
14 warm

I Adj.

1. warm (auch fig. Worte, Empfang etc.); stärker, auch Speisen, Farben etc., auch TECH.: hot; warme Küche von 18 bis 22 Uhr hot meals served from 6 to 10 p.m.; mir ist warm I feel ( oder I’m) warm, I’m getting hot; schön warm nice and warm; schön warm haben Sie’s it’s nice and warm in here; sich warm halten keep warm; warm machen warm (up); warm werden warm up; das Essen warm machen heat up the meal ( oder food); ich brauche etwas Warmes (zu essen) I’d like something hot; (zu trinken) I need a hot drink; sich (Dat) etwas Warmes überziehen cover o.s. up warm; das Zimmer kostet warm 300 Euro ( Miete) the room costs 300 Euros with heating; warme Fährte Jägerspr. warm scent; ihm wurde warm ums Herz fig. it made him feel all warm inside, it warmed the cockles of his heart umg., hum.; er wird nur langsam warm fig. it takes him a while to warm up ( oder to come out of his shell); die zwei müssen erst etwas warm werden they have to get to know each other a bit first; ich kann nicht mit ihm warm werden I can’t warm to him; weder warm noch kalt sein fig. not care very much either way, be indifferent; Regen, Semmel etc.

2. SPORT: sich warm machen warm up; sich warm laufen do a warm-up run, warm up; sich warm schwimmen / spielen / springen etc. warm up; auch warm up by swimming a few lengths / having a knock-up / doing a few jumps

3. altm., umg., pej. (homosexuell) queer; warmer Bruder queer, Am. auch fag(got), fruit

II Adv. fig. warmly; warm duschen have a hot shower; wir essen abends warm we have a hot meal in the evening; sich warm anziehen dress warmly; fig. be prepared for the worst; jemandem etw. wärmstens empfehlen warmly recommend s.th. to s.o.; warm halten (Essen etc.) keep warm ( oder hot)

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hot; warm; open-armed

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wạrm [varm]
1. adj comp - er
['vɛrmɐ] superl -ste(r, s) ['vɛrmstə] (lit, fig) warm; Wetter auch, Getränk, Speise (auf Wasserhahn) hot; (dated inf = homosexuell) queer (pej inf)
mir ist warm — I'm warm

aus dem Warmen in die Kälte kommen — to come out of the warm(th) into the cold

das hält warm — it keeps you warm

das macht warm — it warms you up

das Essen warm machen — to warm or heat up the food

das Essen warm stellen — to keep the food hot or warm

warme Miete — rent including heating

nur einen warmen Händedruck bekommen (fig inf) — to get nothing for one's pains

wie warme Semmeln weggehen (inf) — to sell or go like hot cakes

weder warm noch kalt sein (fig) — to be indifferent

warm werden (fig inf) — to thaw out (inf)

mit jdm warm werden (inf) — to get close to sb

mit etw warm werden (mit Stelle) — to get used to sth; mit Stadt auch to get to know sth

See:

→ Bruder, laufen, spielen

2. adv comp -er, superl am -sten
sitzen in a warm place; schlafen in a warm room
am Kamin sitzen wir wärmer — we'll be warmer by the fireplace

liegt das Baby warm genug? — is the baby warm enough?

warm duschen — to take a warm shower

die Milch warm trinken — to drink warm milk

sich warm anziehen — to dress up warmly; (fig inf: bei Schwierigkeiten) to prepare oneself for a rough ride

jdn/etw wärmstens empfehlen — to recommend sb/sth warmly

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1) (moderately, or comfortably, hot: Are you warm enough, or shall I close the window?; a warm summer's day.) warm

2) ((of clothes) protecting the wearer from the cold: a warm jumper.) warm

3) (welcoming, friendly, enthusiastic etc: a warm welcome; a warm smile.) warm

4) ((of colours) enriched by a certain quantity of red or pink, or (of red etc) rich and bright: a warm red; I don't want white walls - I want something warmer.) warm

5) warmly

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warm

<wärmer, wärmste>

[varm]

I. adj

1. (nicht kalt) warm

ein Glas \warme Milch a glass of hot milk

etw \warm halten to keep sth warm

[jdm] etw \warm machen to heat sth up [for sb]; (Wärme aufweisend) warm

ein \warmes Bett a warm bed

es [irgendwo] \warm haben to be warm [somewhere]

mir ist zu \warm I'm too hot; (eine angenehme Wärme spüren) [to feel] pleasantly warm

2. (aufwärmend) warm

etw macht jdn \warm heißes Getränk, Suppe etc. sth warms sb up

3. SPORT

sich akk \warm laufen, sich akk \warm machen to warm up

sich akk \warm spielen:

ich würde mich gerne 5 Minuten \warm spielen I would like a five minute warm-up

4. (geh: aufrichtig) warm

ein \warmes Interesse a keen interest

\warme Zustimmung enthusiastic agreement

5.

▶ mit jdm \warm werden (fam) to warm to sb; s.a. Bruder

II. adv (im Warmen) warmly; (gewärmt) warm

den Motor \warm laufen lassen to let the engine warm up

▶ jdn/etw [jdm] wärmstens empfehlen to recommend sb/sth most warmly [to sb]

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1.
; wärmer, wärmst... Adjektiv

1) warm; hot <meal, food, bath, spring>; hot, warm <climate, country, season, etc.>

warme Küche — hot food

das Essen warm machen/stellen — heat up the food/keep the food warm or hot

im Warmen sitzen — sit in the warm

warm halten — <coat, blanket, etc.> keep one warm

etwas warm halten — keep something warm

sich (Dat.) jemanden warm halten — (fig. ugs.) keep on the right side of somebody

mir ist/wird warm — I feel warm/I'm getting warm; (zu warm) I feel hot/I'm getting hot

sich warm laufen — warm up

2) (herzlich) warm <sympathy, appreciation, words, etc.>

[mit jemandem/etwas] warm werden — (ugs.) warm [to somebody/something]
2.
adverbial warmly

warm essen/duschen — have a hot meal/shower

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warm

A. adj

1. warm (auch fig Worte, Empfang etc); stärker, auch Speisen, Farben etc, auch TECH hot;

warme Küche von 18 bis 22 Uhr hot meals served from 6 to 10 p.m.;

mir ist warm I feel ( oder I’m) warm, I’m getting hot;

schön warm nice and warm;

schön warm haben Sie’s it’s nice and warm in here;

sich warm halten keep warm;

warm machen warm (up);

warm werden warm up;

das Essen warm machen heat up the meal ( oder food);

ich brauche etwas Warmes (zu essen) I’d like something hot; (zu trinken) I need a hot drink;

sich (dat)

etwas Warmes überziehen cover o.s. up warm;

das Zimmer kostet warm 300 Euro (Miete) the room costs 300 Euros with heating;

warme Fährte JAGD warm scent;

ihm wurde warm ums Herz fig it made him feel all warm inside, it warmed the cockles of his heart umg, hum;

er wird nur langsam warm fig it takes him a while to warm up ( oder to come out of his shell);

die zwei müssen erst etwas warm werden they have to get to know each other a bit first;

ich kann nicht mit ihm warm werden I can’t warm to him;

weder warm noch kalt sein fig not care very much either way, be indifferent; → Regen, Semmel etc

2. SPORT:

sich warm machen warm up;

sich warm laufen do a warm-up run, warm up;

warm laufen AUTO run hot;

warm laufen lassen warm up;

sich warm schwimmen/spielen/springen etc warm up; auch warm up by swimming a few lengths/having a knock-up/doing a few jumps

3. obs, umg, pej (homosexuell) queer;

warmer Bruder queer, US auch fag(got), fruit

B. adv fig warmly;

warm duschen have a hot shower;

wir essen abends warm we have a hot meal in the evening;

sich warm anziehen dress warmly; fig be prepared for the worst;

jemandem etwas wärmstens empfehlen warmly recommend sth to sb;

warm halten (Essen etc) keep warm ( oder hot)

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1.
; wärmer, wärmst... Adjektiv

1) warm; hot <meal, food, bath, spring>; hot, warm <climate, country, season, etc.>

warme Küche — hot food

das Essen warm machen/stellen — heat up the food/keep the food warm or hot

im Warmen sitzen — sit in the warm

warm halten — <coat, blanket, etc.> keep one warm

etwas warm halten — keep something warm

sich (Dat.) jemanden warm halten — (fig. ugs.) keep on the right side of somebody

mir ist/wird warm — I feel warm/I'm getting warm; (zu warm) I feel hot/I'm getting hot

sich warm laufen — warm up

2) (herzlich) warm <sympathy, appreciation, words, etc.>

[mit jemandem/etwas] warm werden — (ugs.) warm [to somebody/something]
2.
adverbial warmly

warm essen/duschen — have a hot meal/shower

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adj.

hot adj.

thermal adj.

warm adj. adv.

warmly adv.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > warm
15 como

adv.

1 as.

lo he hecho como es debido I did it as o the way it should be done

me encanta como bailas I love the way you dance

lo hagamos como lo hagamos habrá problemas whichever way we do it there'll be problems

2 as.

como te decía ayer… as I was telling you yesterday…

3 as.

trabaja como bombero he works as a fireman

dieron el dinero como anticipo they gave the money as an advance

4 about (aproximadamente).

me quedan como mil pesos I've got about a thousand pesos left

estamos como a mitad de camino we're about half-way there

tiene un sabor como a naranja it tastes a bit like an orange

5 like, as, such as, qua.

6 how, in which way.

7 some.

Pesa como cien libras It weighs some hundred pounds.

conj.

1 as, since (ya que).

como no llegabas, nos fuimos as o since you didn't arrive, we left

2 if (si). (peninsular Spanish)

como no me hagas caso, lo pasarás mal if you don't listen to me, there will be trouble

3 that (que).

después de tantas veces como te lo he explicado after all the times (that) I've explained it to you

prep.

1 like, as, just like, such as.

Te di esto en condición de préstamo I gave this to you as a loan.

2 as to.

3 how to.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: comer.

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como

► adverbio

1 (modo) how

■ así fue como nos encontramos this is how we met

■ lo hizo como quiso he did it the way he wanted to

2 (comparación) as, like

■ negro como la noche as dark as night

■ camina como su madre he walks like his mother

■ hablas como un político you talk like a politician

3 (en calidad de) as

■ como director as director

■ como invitado as a guest

4 (según) as

■ como dice tu amigo as your friend says

5 familiar (aproximadamente) about

■ había como unos cien there were about a hundred

► conjunción

1 (así que) as

■ como llegaban se presentaban they introduced themselves as they arrived

2 (si) if

■ como lo vuelvas a hacer... if you do it again...

3 (porque) as, since

■ como llegamos tarde no pudimos entrar since we arrived late we couldn't get in

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FRASEOLOGÍA

como quiera que (no importa cómo) however 2 (ya que) since, as, inasmuch as

como no sea que unless

como sea whatever happens, no matter what

como si lo viera familiar I can imagine perfectly well

como si nada / como si tal cosa as if nothing had happened

hacer como quien to pretend to +inf

■ hizo como quien estaba enfermo he pretended to be ill

hacer como si to pretend to +inf

■ hace como si no viese nada he's pretending not to see anything

tanto como eso no familiar not as much as that

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1. conj.
1) as

2) like

3) if

4) since, given that
2. prep.
as, like

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1. ADV

1) [indicando semejanza] like

tienen un perro como el nuestro — they've got a dog like ours

se portó como un imbécil — he behaved like an idiot

es como un pez — it's like a fish

juega como yo — he plays like me o like I do

como este hay pocos — there are few like this o him

sabe como a queso — it tastes a bit like cheese

blanco como la nieve — as white as snow

tuvo resultados como no se habían conocido antes — it had results such as had never been known before

2) [introduciendo ejemplo] such as

hay peces, como truchas y salmones — there are fish, such as trout and salmon

tiene ventajas, como son la resistencia y durabilidad — it has advantages, such as o like strength and durability

3) [indicando modo]

a) + indic

lo hice como me habían enseñado — I did it as I had been taught

hazlo como te dijo ella — do it like * o the way she told you

toca como canta — she plays like * o the same way as she sings

no es como me lo imaginaba — it isn't as o like * I imagined it

prefiero como lo haces tú — I prefer it the way you do it

la manera como sucedió — the way (in which) it happened

fue así como comenzó — that was how it began

lo levanté como pude — I lifted it as best I could

• tal como, tal como lo había planeado — just as o the way I had planned it

b) + subjun

hazlo como quieras — do it however you want o like

hazlo como puedas — do your best, do the best you can

• como sea — at all costs

tratan de mantenerse en el poder como sea — they will do whatever it takes to stay in power

está decidido a salvar como sea la vida del niño — he's determined to do whatever it takes to save the child's life

sea como sea — in any case

hay que evitar que nos eliminen sea como sea — we must avoid getting knocked out at all costs

4) (=en calidad de) as

lo usé como cuchara — I used it as a spoon

asistió como espectador — he attended as a spectator

lo dice como juez — he says it speaking as a judge

vale más como poeta — he is better as a poet

5) (=más o menos) about, around

había como cincuenta — there were about o around fifty

vino como a las dos — he came at about o around two

sentía como tristeza — she felt a sort o kind of sadness

6) [con valor causal]

libre como estaba — free as he was

2. CONJ

1) + indic (=ya que) as, since

como no tenía dinero — as o since I had no money

2) + indic (=según) as

como dice mi profesor — as my teacher says

como se ve en el gráfico — as you can see from the diagram

• tal (y) como están las cosas — the way things are, as things stand

tal como están los precios de las motos... — with motorbike prices as they are at the moment...

3) + indic (=cuando) as soon as

así como nos vio lanzó un grito — as soon as he saw us he shouted

4) + indic
(=que)
verás como les ganamos — we'll beat them, you'll see

ya verás como no vienen — I bet they won't come

• de tanto como, tienen las manos doloridas de tanto como aplaudieron — they clapped so much their hands hurt

de tanto como odio a los dos, no sé a quien odio más — I hate them both so much, I don't know which I hate the most

5) + subjun (=si) if

como vengas tarde, no comes — if you're late you'll get nothing to eat

como sea cierto, ¡estamos perdidos! — if it's true, we're done for!

¡como lo pierdas! — you'd better not lose it!, don't you lose it!

• como no, como no lo haga en seguida... — if he doesn't do it at once..., unless he does it at once...

no salimos, como no sea para ir al cine — we only go out if it's to go to the cinema, we don't go out unless it's to go to the cinema

6)

• como que — as if

¡como que yo soy tonto y me creo esas mentiras! — as if I was stupid enough to believe lies like that!

¡como que te van a pagar! — don't tell me they're going to pay you!

hizo como que no nos veía — he pretended not to see us

al tragar nota como que le molesta — he shows discomfort when swallowing

7)

• como si — as if, as though

siguió leyendo, como si no hubiera oído nada — he kept on reading, as if o as though he hadn't heard

sentí como si fuera a caerme — I felt as if o as though I was about to fall

como si no hubiera pasado nada — as if o as though nothing had happened

se comporta como si me odiara — he behaves as if o as though he hated me

como si fuera a llover — as if o as though it was going to rain

8)

• como para, ¡es como para denunciarlos! — it's enough to make you want to report them to the police!

tampoco es como para enfadarse tanto — there's no need to get so angry about it

9) CAm, Méx

a como dé o diera lugar — at any cost
así 1., 5), pronto 1., 4), querer 2., 1)
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I
preposición

1)

a) ( en calidad de) as

quiero hablarte como amigo — I want to speak to you as a friend

el director tendrá como funciones... — the director's duties will be...

está considerado como lo mejor — he's considered (to be) the best

b) ( con el nombre de) as

se la conoce como `flor de luz' — it's known as `flor de luz'

c) ( por ejemplo) like

en algunos lugares como Londres — in some places such as o like London

2) (en comparaciones, contrastes) like

uno como el tuyo — one like yours

pienso como tú — I agree with you

fue ella, como que me llamo Beatriz — it was her, as sure as my name's Beatriz

bailó como nunca — she danced as o like she'd never danced before

me trata como a un imbécil — he treats me like an idiot

no hay nada como un buen coñac! — there's nothing like a good brandy!

como para + inf: es como para echarse a llorar it's enough to make you want to cry; fue como para pegarle — I could have hit him

3) (en locs)

así como — (frml) as well as

como él solo/ella sola: es egoísta como él solo he's so o he's incredibly selfish!; como mucho/poco at (the) most/at least; como nadie: cocina como nadie nobody cooks like her; como que...: conduce muy bien - como que es piloto de carreras he drives very well - well, he is a racing driver, after all; y no me lo dijiste - como que no lo sabía! and you didn't tell me about it - that's because I didn't know about it!; como ser (CS) such as, for example; como si (+ subj) as if, as though; ella está grave y él como si nada or como si tal cosa — she's seriously ill and he doesn't seem at all o in the least worried
II
conjunción

1) ( de la manera que) as

tal como había prometido — just as he had promised

como era de esperar — as was to be expected

como dice el refrán — as the saying goes

no me gustó como lo dijo — I didn't like the way she said it

(tal y) como están las cosas — as things stand; (+ subj)

hazlo como quieras/como puedas — do it any way you like/as best as you can

no voy - como quieras — I'm not going - please yourself o as you like

como quiera que sea — no matter what

la buganvilla, o como quiera que se llame — bougainvillea or whatever it's called

2) ( puesto que) as, since

como era temprano, nos fuimos a dar una vuelta — since o as it was early, we went for a walk

3) (si) (+ subj) if

como te pille... — if I catch you...

4) ( en oraciones concesivas)

cansado como estaba, me ayudó — tired though o tired as he was, he helped me

5) ( que)

vimos como se los llevaban — we saw them being taken away

vas a ver como llega tarde — he'll be late, you'll see
III
adverbio

1) ( expresando aproximación) about

está como a cincuenta kilómetros — it's about fifty kilometers away

un sabor como a almendras — a kind of almondy taste

2) ( uso expletivo) kind of (colloq)

me da como vergüenza... — I find it kind of embarrassing...

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= as, by way of, for the purpose of + Nombre, how, in the guise of, just as, like, qua, much as, as a kind of, as serving as, along the lines of, in + Posesivo + capacity as, such as, kind of like.

Ex. This scheme aims for a more helpful order than the major schemes, by following the groupings of subjects as they are taught in schools.

Ex. An annotation is a note added to the title and/or other bibliographic information concerning a document, by way of comment or explanation.

Ex. Taking the second situation for the purpose of illustration, there are four options for choice of title.

Ex. Inevitably any abridgement poses the dilemma how to abridge, that is, what to leave out and what to include.

Ex. Further, these indexers are probably so familiar with their subject area that, they whether in the guise of indexer or searcher, will profit little from any additional guides to relationships.

Ex. Just as Ivan finds that by taking pleasure in an extra piece of food he makes survival possible and beats Stalin and his jailors at heir own game.

Ex. Thus, the computer-held term record files are most suitable for applications like Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI) systems.

Ex. Such a concept came as a great surprise to many information educators who rather dismissively regarded the information qua information field of activity as being too limited.

Ex. More studies are needed to identify the full temporal effects of the personal computer, much as they did for television.

Ex. In a way, it is acting as a kind of bridge between the two, permitting traffic both ways where once there was a divide.

Ex. 45 libraries have been unofficially recognised by librarians as serving as model children's libraries.

Ex. The author considers the possibility of a shift from libraries to personal information service along the lines of the shift that has occured from public to private transport.

Ex. Strange that so helpful and charming a person in his capacity as a librarian could behave so monstrously; but behave thus he did.

Ex. Indicative abstracts abound in phrases such as 'is discussed' or 'has been surveyed', but do not record the outcome of the discussion or survey.

Ex. It's kind of like trumping in public -- You simply do not do it!.

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* ¡cómo se nota que no está el jefe! = while the cat's away, the mice will play.

* aducir como evidencia = adduce as + evidence.

* algo así como = something like.

* añádase cómo = expand like.

* así como = as, as well as.

* así como así = just like that.

* así como... de igual modo... = just as... so....

* así es como = this is how.

* así es como es = that's how it is.

* caer como moscas = drop like + flies.

* como aclaración = in parenthesis.

* como algo natural = as a matter of course.

* como algo normal = as a matter of course.

* como algo opuesto a = as against.

* como algo residual = residually.

* como alternativa = as an alternative.

* como anillo al dedo = just the ticket, the right twigs for an eagle's nest, perfect fit, perfect match, that's the ticket!.

* como antes = as before.

* como apoyo a = in support of.

* como barcos que se cruzan (en la noche) = like passing ships (in the night).

* como barcos que se cruzan (en la oscuridad) = like passing ships (in the night).

* como base para = as a basis for.

* como cabe esperar = unsurprisingly, as one might expect, as expected.

* como cabía esperar = as expected.

* como cabría esperar = as might be expected, as one might expect.

* como cabría suponer = as might be expected.

* como consecuencia = on this basis, on that basis, in doing so, in consequence, in accordance.

* como consecuencia (de) = as a result (of), in the wake of, as a consequence (of).

* cómo conseguir = obtainability.

* como con todo en la vida = as with everything in life.

* como contrapartida = in return.

* como cooperativa = collegially.

* como corresponde = fittingly.

* como corresponde a = as befits.

* como cuando + Indicativo = as in + Gerundio.

* como de costumbre = as usual, as always, according to normal practice.

* cómo demonios = how on earth.

* como dice el dicho = as the saying goes, so the saying goes.

* como dice el refrán = as the saying goes, so the saying goes.

* como diferente a = as distinct from.

* cómo disponer de (algo) = disposition.

* como dos gotas de agua = as alike as two peas in a pod, like two peas in a pod.

* como ejemplo = as an example, by way of illustration.

* como el cuero = leathery.

* como el desierto = desert-like.

* como el día y la noche = worlds apart, like oil and water, like chalk and cheese, like apples and oranges.

* como el fuego = like wildfire.

* como el perro del hortelano que ni come ni deja comer = a dog in the manger.

* como en casa = like home (away) from home.

* como en casa no se está en ningún sitio = there's no place like home.

* como en el caso de = as with, just as for, as in the case of.

* como era de esperar = as expected.

* como es debido = fittingly.

* como es de esperar = predictably, not surprisingly, as expected.

* como es el caso de = as it is with, as with.

* como es habitual = as always.

* como es natural = not unnaturally.

* como es normal = as always.

* como esto = like this.

* como fecha final = at the very latest.

* como forma de vida = as a way of life.

* como grogui = drowsily, groggily.

* como grupo = collectively.

* como guía = for guidance.

* como la noche y el día = like oil and water, worlds apart, like chalk and cheese, like apples and oranges.

* como la pólvora = like wildfire.

* como las ardillas = squirrel-like.

* como las empresas = business-like.

* como loca = like a madwoman.

* como loco = like hell, like crazy, like mad, like a lunatic, like a madman.

* como medida de seguridad = as a backup.

* como medida provisional = as an interim measure.

* como medida temporal = as an interim measure.

* como medida transitoria = as an interim measure.

* como mejor + poder = as best + Pronombre + can.

* como mínimo = at least, conservatively, at a minimum.

* como mínimo hasta que = minimally until.

* como mucho = at best, at most, if at all, at the most, at the very latest.

* como muestra de agradecimiento = as a token of thanks.

* como muestra de + Posesivo + agradecimiento = as a token of + Posesivo + appreciation.

* como muestra de + Posesivo + gratitud = as a token of + Posesivo + gratitude.

* como muy tarde = at the latest.

* como norma = as a rule, as a matter of policy.

* como norma general = as a rule of thumb, as a general rule, as a general rule of thumb, as a rough guide.

* cómo nos las ingeniamos para... = how in the world....

* como nota al margen = on a sidenote.

* como nuevo = in mint condition, in tip-top condition, in tip-top form.

* como ocurre en estos casos = as is the way with these things.

* como + ocurrir + en el caso de = as + be + the case for.

* como opuesto a = as distinct from, as opposed to.

* como otra posibilidad = as an alternative.

* ¡como para creérselo! = Posesivo + famous last words.

* como parásito = parasitically.

* como persona que = as one who.

* como pez fuera del agua = like a fish out of water.

* como polo opuesto = by polar contrast.

* como por arte de magia = magically, into thin air.

* como por ejemplo = such as, to the effect of.

* como por encanto = magically.

* como poseído = as one possessed.

* como preámbulo de = as a preamble to.

* como primera elección = as a first preference.

* como prueba de = as a token of, as a sign of.

* como prueba de agradecimiento = as a token of thanks.

* como prueba de + Posesivo + agradecimiento = as a token of + Posesivo + appreciation.

* como prueba de + Posesivo + gratitud = as a token of + Posesivo + gratitude.

* como pruebas = in evidence, in evidence.

* como quiera que + Verbo = however + Verbo.

* como quieras llamarlo = whatever you call it.

* como reconocimiento a = in recognition of.

* como respuesta a = in reply to, in response to.

* como resultado = in consequence, on this basis, on that basis, in doing so.

* como resultado (de) = as a consequence (of).

* como salido de fábrica = in mint condition.

* como segunda alternativa = as a backup.

* como se indicó en = as was pointed out in.

* como señal de agradecimiento = as a token of thanks.

* como señal de + Posesivo + agradecimiento = as a token of + Posesivo + appreciation.

* como señal de + Posesivo + gratitud = as a token of + Posesivo + gratitude.

* cómo + ser = what + be like.

* como si = as though.

* como si dijéramos = as it were.

* como siempre = as always.

* como si fuese = as it were.

* como siga así = at this rate.

* como sigue = as follows.

* como símbolo de = as a token of, as a sign of.

* como si nada = be right as rain, unfazed.

* como si no hubiera mañana = like there's no tomorrow.

* como si + Pronombre + fuese la vida en ello = like there's no tomorrow.

* como si se acabara el mundo = like there's no tomorrow.

* como si se fuese a acabar el mundo = like there's no tomorrow.

* como si se + Pronombre + hubiera tragado la tierra = into thin air.

* como si (se tratase de) = as if.

* como si tal cosa = be right as rain, unfazed, just like that.

* como sustituto de = in place of.

* como tal = as such, in this capacity, qua.

* como término medio = on average.

* como todo un caballero = sportingly.

* como último recurso = as a last resort, in the last resort.

* como una aguja en un pajar = like a needle in a haystack.

* como una balsa de aceite = like a millpond, calm like a millpond.

* como una cabra = stark raving mad, raving mad.

* como una cebolla = onion-like.

* como una condenada = like a madwoman.

* como una descosida = like a madwoman.

* como una forma de = as a means of.

* como una metralladora = quick-fire.

* como un basilisco = like a bear with a sore head.

* como un bobo = stupidly.

* como un bólido = like the clappers.

* como un campo de batalla = like a war zone.

* como un cencerro = barking mad, raving mad, stark raving mad.

* como un condenado = like the clappers, like crazy, like mad, like a lunatic, like a madman, as one possessed.

* como un descosido = like a lunatic, like a madman, as one possessed.

* como un detective = detectivelike, sleuthlike.

* como un elefante en una cacharrería = like an elephant in a china shop.

* como un energúmeno = like a bear with a sore head.

* como un estúpido = stupidly.

* como un experto = expertly.

* como un glaciar = glacially.

* como unidad global = as a whole.

* como un idiota = stupidly.

* como un loca = like a madwoman.

* como un loco = like crazy, like mad, like a lunatic, madly, like a madman.

* como un método para = as a means of.

* como un modo de = as a way of.

* como un necio = stupidly.

* como un observador que pasa desapercibido = fly-on-the-wall, fly-on-the-wall.

* cómo uno se identifica a sí mismo = self-identification.

* como un platillo = saucer-like.

* como un poseído = as one possessed.

* como un rayo = in a flash.

* como un reguero de pólvora = like wildfire.

* como un relámpago = like greased lightning, like the clappers.

* como un reloj = as regular as clockwork, like clockwork.

* como un televisor = television-type.

* como un todo = as a whole.

* como un tonto = stupidly, foolishly.

* como un torpe = foolishly.

* como un zombi = zombielike.

* como vivir en un escaparate = like being in a (gold)fish bowl.

* como + Voz Pasiva = as + Participio Pasado.

* como y cuando = as and when.

* como y cuando sea + Adjetivo = as + Adjetivo.

* comportarse como se espera = be a sport.

* con el mismo + Nombre + como el que... = as + Adverbio + as....

* conocerse como = be known as.

* dar como resultado = result (in).

* de cómo = as to how.

* durante tanto tiempo como sea posible = for as long as possible.

* el modo como = the way in which.

* el problema no es el qué, sino el cómo = the devil (is/lives) in the details.

* frase como encabezamiento = phrase heading.

* llegar a ser conocido como = become + known as.

* mantenerse como válido = hold up.

* nada menos que + Nombre + tan + Adjetivo + como = no less + Adjetivo + Nombre + than.

* no + haber + nada como = there + be + nothing like.

* ofrecerse como voluntario = volunteer.

* para colmo = on top of everything else.

* plan de cómo disponer de Algo = disposition instruction.

* proponer como principio = posit.

* sea como sea = be that as it may, at all costs, at any cost.

* seleccionar como relevante = hit.

* ser como hablar con la pared = be like talking to a brick wall.

* ser tan buen momento como cualquier otro = be as good a time as any.

* ser un momento tan bueno como cualquier otro = be as good a time as any.

* tal como = such as, such + Nombre + as, just as.

* tal y como aparece = as it/they stand(s).

* tal y como es/son = as it/they stand(s).

* tal y como + ser = in + Posesivo + true colours.

* tan + Adjetivo + como = as + Adjetivo + as, every bit as + Adjetivo + as.

* tan + Adjetivo + como de costumbre = as + Adjetivo + as ever.

* tan + Adjetivo + como siempre = as + Adjetivo + as ever.

* tan pronto como = as soon as, just as soon as, no sooner... than.

* tan pronto como sea posible = as soon as possible (asap).

* tanto como = as many... as..., as much as + Adjetivo, both... and..., no less than, equally, if not, so much as.

* tanto como siempre = as much as ever.

* tener como equivalente = have + counterpart.

* tener como motivo central = plan around + Nombre.

* tener como objetivo = have + as + Posesivo + objective.

* tomar como ejemplo = take.

* un poco como = kind of like.

* * *
I
preposición

1)

a) ( en calidad de) as

quiero hablarte como amigo — I want to speak to you as a friend

el director tendrá como funciones... — the director's duties will be...

está considerado como lo mejor — he's considered (to be) the best

b) ( con el nombre de) as

se la conoce como `flor de luz' — it's known as `flor de luz'

c) ( por ejemplo) like

en algunos lugares como Londres — in some places such as o like London

2) (en comparaciones, contrastes) like

uno como el tuyo — one like yours

pienso como tú — I agree with you

fue ella, como que me llamo Beatriz — it was her, as sure as my name's Beatriz

bailó como nunca — she danced as o like she'd never danced before

me trata como a un imbécil — he treats me like an idiot

no hay nada como un buen coñac! — there's nothing like a good brandy!

como para + inf: es como para echarse a llorar it's enough to make you want to cry; fue como para pegarle — I could have hit him

3) (en locs)

así como — (frml) as well as

como él solo/ella sola: es egoísta como él solo he's so o he's incredibly selfish!; como mucho/poco at (the) most/at least; como nadie: cocina como nadie nobody cooks like her; como que...: conduce muy bien - como que es piloto de carreras he drives very well - well, he is a racing driver, after all; y no me lo dijiste - como que no lo sabía! and you didn't tell me about it - that's because I didn't know about it!; como ser (CS) such as, for example; como si (+ subj) as if, as though; ella está grave y él como si nada or como si tal cosa — she's seriously ill and he doesn't seem at all o in the least worried
II
conjunción

1) ( de la manera que) as

tal como había prometido — just as he had promised

como era de esperar — as was to be expected

como dice el refrán — as the saying goes

no me gustó como lo dijo — I didn't like the way she said it

(tal y) como están las cosas — as things stand; (+ subj)

hazlo como quieras/como puedas — do it any way you like/as best as you can

no voy - como quieras — I'm not going - please yourself o as you like

como quiera que sea — no matter what

la buganvilla, o como quiera que se llame — bougainvillea or whatever it's called

2) ( puesto que) as, since

como era temprano, nos fuimos a dar una vuelta — since o as it was early, we went for a walk

3) (si) (+ subj) if

como te pille... — if I catch you...

4) ( en oraciones concesivas)

cansado como estaba, me ayudó — tired though o tired as he was, he helped me

5) ( que)

vimos como se los llevaban — we saw them being taken away

vas a ver como llega tarde — he'll be late, you'll see
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adverbio

1) ( expresando aproximación) about

está como a cincuenta kilómetros — it's about fifty kilometers away

un sabor como a almendras — a kind of almondy taste

2) ( uso expletivo) kind of (colloq)

me da como vergüenza... — I find it kind of embarrassing...

* * *

= as, by way of, for the purpose of + Nombre, how, in the guise of, just as, like, qua, much as, as a kind of, as serving as, along the lines of, in + Posesivo + capacity as, such as, kind of like.

Ex: This scheme aims for a more helpful order than the major schemes, by following the groupings of subjects as they are taught in schools.

Ex: An annotation is a note added to the title and/or other bibliographic information concerning a document, by way of comment or explanation.

Ex: Taking the second situation for the purpose of illustration, there are four options for choice of title.

Ex: Inevitably any abridgement poses the dilemma how to abridge, that is, what to leave out and what to include.

Ex: Further, these indexers are probably so familiar with their subject area that, they whether in the guise of indexer or searcher, will profit little from any additional guides to relationships.

Ex: Just as Ivan finds that by taking pleasure in an extra piece of food he makes survival possible and beats Stalin and his jailors at heir own game.

Ex: Thus, the computer-held term record files are most suitable for applications like Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI) systems.

Ex: Such a concept came as a great surprise to many information educators who rather dismissively regarded the information qua information field of activity as being too limited.

Ex: More studies are needed to identify the full temporal effects of the personal computer, much as they did for television.

Ex: In a way, it is acting as a kind of bridge between the two, permitting traffic both ways where once there was a divide.

Ex: 45 libraries have been unofficially recognised by librarians as serving as model children's libraries.

Ex: The author considers the possibility of a shift from libraries to personal information service along the lines of the shift that has occured from public to private transport.

Ex: Strange that so helpful and charming a person in his capacity as a librarian could behave so monstrously; but behave thus he did.

Ex: Indicative abstracts abound in phrases such as 'is discussed' or 'has been surveyed', but do not record the outcome of the discussion or survey.

Ex: It's kind of like trumping in public -- You simply do not do it!.

* ¡cómo se nota que no está el jefe! = while the cat's away, the mice will play.

* aducir como evidencia = adduce as + evidence.

* algo así como = something like.

* añádase cómo = expand like.

* así como = as, as well as.

* así como así = just like that.

* así como... de igual modo... = just as... so....

* así es como = this is how.

* así es como es = that's how it is.

* caer como moscas = drop like + flies.

* como aclaración = in parenthesis.

* como algo natural = as a matter of course.

* como algo normal = as a matter of course.

* como algo opuesto a = as against.

* como algo residual = residually.

* como alternativa = as an alternative.

* como anillo al dedo = just the ticket, the right twigs for an eagle's nest, perfect fit, perfect match, that's the ticket!.

* como antes = as before.

* como apoyo a = in support of.

* como barcos que se cruzan (en la noche) = like passing ships (in the night).

* como barcos que se cruzan (en la oscuridad) = like passing ships (in the night).

* como base para = as a basis for.

* como cabe esperar = unsurprisingly, as one might expect, as expected.

* como cabía esperar = as expected.

* como cabría esperar = as might be expected, as one might expect.

* como cabría suponer = as might be expected.

* como consecuencia = on this basis, on that basis, in doing so, in consequence, in accordance.

* como consecuencia (de) = as a result (of), in the wake of, as a consequence (of).

* cómo conseguir = obtainability.

* como con todo en la vida = as with everything in life.

* como contrapartida = in return.

* como cooperativa = collegially.

* como corresponde = fittingly.

* como corresponde a = as befits.

* como cuando + Indicativo = as in + Gerundio.

* como de costumbre = as usual, as always, according to normal practice.

* cómo demonios = how on earth.

* como dice el dicho = as the saying goes, so the saying goes.

* como dice el refrán = as the saying goes, so the saying goes.

* como diferente a = as distinct from.

* cómo disponer de (algo) = disposition.

* como dos gotas de agua = as alike as two peas in a pod, like two peas in a pod.

* como ejemplo = as an example, by way of illustration.

* como el cuero = leathery.

* como el desierto = desert-like.

* como el día y la noche = worlds apart, like oil and water, like chalk and cheese, like apples and oranges.

* como el fuego = like wildfire.

* como el perro del hortelano que ni come ni deja comer = a dog in the manger.

* como en casa = like home (away) from home.

* como en casa no se está en ningún sitio = there's no place like home.

* como en el caso de = as with, just as for, as in the case of.

* como era de esperar = as expected.

* como es debido = fittingly.

* como es de esperar = predictably, not surprisingly, as expected.

* como es el caso de = as it is with, as with.

* como es habitual = as always.

* como es natural = not unnaturally.

* como es normal = as always.

* como esto = like this.

* como fecha final = at the very latest.

* como forma de vida = as a way of life.

* como grogui = drowsily, groggily.

* como grupo = collectively.

* como guía = for guidance.

* como la noche y el día = like oil and water, worlds apart, like chalk and cheese, like apples and oranges.

* como la pólvora = like wildfire.

* como las ardillas = squirrel-like.

* como las empresas = business-like.

* como loca = like a madwoman.

* como loco = like hell, like crazy, like mad, like a lunatic, like a madman.

* como medida de seguridad = as a backup.

* como medida provisional = as an interim measure.

* como medida temporal = as an interim measure.

* como medida transitoria = as an interim measure.

* como mejor + poder = as best + Pronombre + can.

* como mínimo = at least, conservatively, at a minimum.

* como mínimo hasta que = minimally until.

* como mucho = at best, at most, if at all, at the most, at the very latest.

* como muestra de agradecimiento = as a token of thanks.

* como muestra de + Posesivo + agradecimiento = as a token of + Posesivo + appreciation.

* como muestra de + Posesivo + gratitud = as a token of + Posesivo + gratitude.

* como muy tarde = at the latest.

* como norma = as a rule, as a matter of policy.

* como norma general = as a rule of thumb, as a general rule, as a general rule of thumb, as a rough guide.

* cómo nos las ingeniamos para... = how in the world....

* como nota al margen = on a sidenote.

* como nuevo = in mint condition, in tip-top condition, in tip-top form.

* como ocurre en estos casos = as is the way with these things.

* como + ocurrir + en el caso de = as + be + the case for.

* como opuesto a = as distinct from, as opposed to.

* como otra posibilidad = as an alternative.

* ¡como para creérselo! = Posesivo + famous last words.

* como parásito = parasitically.

* como persona que = as one who.

* como pez fuera del agua = like a fish out of water.

* como polo opuesto = by polar contrast.

* como por arte de magia = magically, into thin air.

* como por ejemplo = such as, to the effect of.

* como por encanto = magically.

* como poseído = as one possessed.

* como preámbulo de = as a preamble to.

* como primera elección = as a first preference.

* como prueba de = as a token of, as a sign of.

* como prueba de agradecimiento = as a token of thanks.

* como prueba de + Posesivo + agradecimiento = as a token of + Posesivo + appreciation.

* como prueba de + Posesivo + gratitud = as a token of + Posesivo + gratitude.

* como pruebas = in evidence, in evidence.

* como quiera que + Verbo = however + Verbo.

* como quieras llamarlo = whatever you call it.

* como reconocimiento a = in recognition of.

* como respuesta a = in reply to, in response to.

* como resultado = in consequence, on this basis, on that basis, in doing so.

* como resultado (de) = as a consequence (of).

* como salido de fábrica = in mint condition.

* como segunda alternativa = as a backup.

* como se indicó en = as was pointed out in.

* como señal de agradecimiento = as a token of thanks.

* como señal de + Posesivo + agradecimiento = as a token of + Posesivo + appreciation.

* como señal de + Posesivo + gratitud = as a token of + Posesivo + gratitude.

* cómo + ser = what + be like.

* como si = as though.

* como si dijéramos = as it were.

* como siempre = as always.

* como si fuese = as it were.

* como siga así = at this rate.

* como sigue = as follows.

* como símbolo de = as a token of, as a sign of.

* como si nada = be right as rain, unfazed.

* como si no hubiera mañana = like there's no tomorrow.

* como si + Pronombre + fuese la vida en ello = like there's no tomorrow.

* como si se acabara el mundo = like there's no tomorrow.

* como si se fuese a acabar el mundo = like there's no tomorrow.

* como si se + Pronombre + hubiera tragado la tierra = into thin air.

* como si (se tratase de) = as if.

* como si tal cosa = be right as rain, unfazed, just like that.

* como sustituto de = in place of.

* como tal = as such, in this capacity, qua.

* como término medio = on average.

* como todo un caballero = sportingly.

* como último recurso = as a last resort, in the last resort.

* como una aguja en un pajar = like a needle in a haystack.

* como una balsa de aceite = like a millpond, calm like a millpond.

* como una cabra = stark raving mad, raving mad.

* como una cebolla = onion-like.

* como una condenada = like a madwoman.

* como una descosida = like a madwoman.

* como una forma de = as a means of.

* como una metralladora = quick-fire.

* como un basilisco = like a bear with a sore head.

* como un bobo = stupidly.

* como un bólido = like the clappers.

* como un campo de batalla = like a war zone.

* como un cencerro = barking mad, raving mad, stark raving mad.

* como un condenado = like the clappers, like crazy, like mad, like a lunatic, like a madman, as one possessed.

* como un descosido = like a lunatic, like a madman, as one possessed.

* como un detective = detectivelike, sleuthlike.

* como un elefante en una cacharrería = like an elephant in a china shop.

* como un energúmeno = like a bear with a sore head.

* como un estúpido = stupidly.

* como un experto = expertly.

* como un glaciar = glacially.

* como unidad global = as a whole.

* como un idiota = stupidly.

* como un loca = like a madwoman.

* como un loco = like crazy, like mad, like a lunatic, madly, like a madman.

* como un método para = as a means of.

* como un modo de = as a way of.

* como un necio = stupidly.

* como un observador que pasa desapercibido = fly-on-the-wall, fly-on-the-wall.

* cómo uno se identifica a sí mismo = self-identification.

* como un platillo = saucer-like.

* como un poseído = as one possessed.

* como un rayo = in a flash.

* como un reguero de pólvora = like wildfire.

* como un relámpago = like greased lightning, like the clappers.

* como un reloj = as regular as clockwork, like clockwork.

* como un televisor = television-type.

* como un todo = as a whole.

* como un tonto = stupidly, foolishly.

* como un torpe = foolishly.

* como un zombi = zombielike.

* como vivir en un escaparate = like being in a (gold)fish bowl.

* como + Voz Pasiva = as + Participio Pasado.

* como y cuando = as and when.

* como y cuando sea + Adjetivo = as + Adjetivo.

* comportarse como se espera = be a sport.

* con el mismo + Nombre + como el que... = as + Adverbio + as....

* conocerse como = be known as.

* dar como resultado = result (in).

* de cómo = as to how.

* durante tanto tiempo como sea posible = for as long as possible.

* el modo como = the way in which.

* el problema no es el qué, sino el cómo = the devil (is/lives) in the details.

* frase como encabezamiento = phrase heading.

* llegar a ser conocido como = become + known as.

* mantenerse como válido = hold up.

* nada menos que + Nombre + tan + Adjetivo + como = no less + Adjetivo + Nombre + than.

* no + haber + nada como = there + be + nothing like.

* ofrecerse como voluntario = volunteer.

* para colmo = on top of everything else.

* plan de cómo disponer de Algo = disposition instruction.

* proponer como principio = posit.

* sea como sea = be that as it may, at all costs, at any cost.

* seleccionar como relevante = hit.

* ser como hablar con la pared = be like talking to a brick wall.

* ser tan buen momento como cualquier otro = be as good a time as any.

* ser un momento tan bueno como cualquier otro = be as good a time as any.

* tal como = such as, such + Nombre + as, just as.

* tal y como aparece = as it/they stand(s).

* tal y como es/son = as it/they stand(s).

* tal y como + ser = in + Posesivo + true colours.

* tan + Adjetivo + como = as + Adjetivo + as, every bit as + Adjetivo + as.

* tan + Adjetivo + como de costumbre = as + Adjetivo + as ever.

* tan + Adjetivo + como siempre = as + Adjetivo + as ever.

* tan pronto como = as soon as, just as soon as, no sooner... than.

* tan pronto como sea posible = as soon as possible (asap).

* tanto como = as many... as..., as much as + Adjetivo, both... and..., no less than, equally, if not, so much as.

* tanto como siempre = as much as ever.

* tener como equivalente = have + counterpart.

* tener como motivo central = plan around + Nombre.

* tener como objetivo = have + as + Posesivo + objective.

* tomar como ejemplo = take.

* un poco como = kind of like.

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como¹

prep

A

1 (en calidad de) as

usando el paraguas como bastón using his umbrella as a walking stick

quiero hablarte como amigo y no como abogado I want to speak to you as a friend and not as a lawyer

el director tendrá como funciones … the director's duties will be …

está considerado como lo mejor he's considered (to be) the best

lo presentó como su ex-marido she introduced him as her ex-husband

2 (con el nombre de) as

la flor conocida allí como `Santa Rita' the flower known there as `Santa Rita'

3 (por ejemplo) like

en algunas capitales como Londres in some capital cities such as London o like London

necesitamos a alguien como tú we need someone like you

tengo ganas de comer algo dulce — ¿como qué? I fancy something sweet — like what?

B (en comparaciones, contrastes) like

quiero un vestido como el tuyo I want a dress like yours

pienso como tú I agree with you

fue ella, como que me llamo Beatriz it was her, as sure as my name's Beatriz

se portó como un caballero he behaved like a gentleman

la quiero como a una hija I love her like a daughter o as if she were my own daughter

bailó como nunca she danced as o like she'd never danced before

me trata como a un imbécil he treats me like an idiot o as if I were an idiot

se llama algo así como Genaro o Gerardo he's called something like Genaro or Gerardo

¡no hay nada como un buen coñac! there's nothing like a good brandy!

era verde, un verde como el de la alfombra de la oficina it was green, the color of the office carpet

como PARA + INF:

es como para echarse a llorar it's enough to make you want to cry, it makes you want to cry

C ( en locs):

así como ( frml); as well as

por esto, así como por muchas otras razones because of this, and for many other reasons as well o as well as for many other reasons

sus abundantes recursos naturales, así como su importancia estratégica its abundant natural resources, together with o as well as its strategic importance

como él solo/ella sola: es egoísta como él solo he's so o he's incredibly selfish!

como mucho at (the) most, at the outside

como poco at least

como nadie: hace la paella como nadie she makes wonderful paella, nobody makes paella like her

como que …: conduce muy bien — como que es piloto de carreras he drives very well — well, he is a racing driver, after all

le voy a decir cuatro cosas — sí, sí, como que te vas a atrever … I'm going to give him a piece of my mind — oh, yes? I'll believe that when I see it

y no me lo dijiste — ¡como que no sabía nada! and you didn't tell me about it — that's because I didn't know anything about it myself!

como ser (CS); such as, for example, like

como si (+ subj) as if, as though

actuó como si no le importara she acted as if o as though she didn't care

ella está grave y él como si nada or como si tal cosa she's seriously ill and he doesn't seem at all worried o he behaves as if it's nothing (to worry about)

él como si nada or como si tal cosa, ni se inmutó he just stood there without batting an eyelid

como²

conjunction

A (de la manera que) as

no me gustó el modo or la manera como lo dijo I didn't like the way she said it

llegó temprano, tal como había prometido he arrived early, just as he had promised

ganó Raúl, como era de esperar Raúl won, as was to be expected

así en la tierra como en el cielo on Earth as it is in Heaven

como dice el refrán as the saying goes

(tal y) como están las cosas as things stand, the way things are

(+ subj): hazlo como quieras do it any way you like o how you like

no voy — como quieras I'm not going — please yourself o as you like

me dijo que me las arreglara como pudiera he told me to sort things as best I could

la buganvilla, o como quiera que se llame bougainvillea or whatever it's called

como quiera que sea, ellos se llevaron la copa anyway, the point is they won the cup

B (puesto que) as, since

como todavía era temprano, nos fuimos a dar una vuelta since o as it was still early, we went for a walk, it was still early so we went for a walk

C (+ subj) (si) if

como te vuelva a encontrar por aquí if I catch you around here again

D

(en oraciones concesivas): cansado como estaba, se ofreció a ayudarme tired though o tired as he was, he offered to help me

joven como es, tiene más sentido común que tú he may be young but he has more common sense than you

E

(que): vimos como se los llevaban en una furgoneta we saw them being taken away in a van, we saw how they were taken away in a van

vas a ver como llega tarde he'll be late, you'll see

como³

adverb

A (expresando aproximación) about

como a la mitad del camino about half way there

está como a cincuenta kilómetros it's about fifty kilometers away

vino como a las seis she came at around o about six

tiene un sabor como a almendras it has a kind of almondy taste, it tastes something like o a bit like almonds

un ruido como de un motor a noise like that of an engine

B (uso expletivo) kind of ( colloq)

es que me da como vergüenza … I find it kind of embarrassing …

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Del verbo comer: ( conjugate comer)

como es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

Multiple Entries:
algo como
comer
como
cómo
comer ( conjugate comer) verbo intransitivo
a) ( en general) to eat;

◊ no tengo ganas de cómo I'm not hungry;

este niño no me come nada (fam) this child won't eat anything (colloq);
dar(le) de cómo a algn (en la boca) to spoonfeed sb;
darle de cómo al gato/al niño to feed the cat/the kid;
salir a cómo (fuera) to go out for a meal, to eat out;
¿qué hay de cómo? ( a mediodía) what's for lunch?;

( por la noche) what's for dinner o supper?
b) (esp Esp, Méx) ( almorzar) to have lunch;

◊ nos invitaron a cómo they asked us to lunch

c) (esp AmL) ( cenar) to have dinner

verbo transitivo
a) ‹fruta/verdura/carne› to eat;

◊ ¿puedo cómo otro? can I have another one?;

no tienen qué cómo they don't have anything to eat
b) (fam) ( hacer desaparecer) See Also→ comerse 3

c) (en ajedrez, damas) to take

comerse verbo pronominal
1
a) ( al escribir) ‹acento/palabra› to leave off;

‹línea/párrafo› to miss out
b) ( al hablar) ‹ letra› to leave off;

‹ palabra› to swallow
2 ( enf) ‹ comida› to eat;
◊ cómetelo todo eat it all up;

cómose las uñas to bite one's nails
3 (fam) ( hacer desaparecer)
a) [acido/óxido] to eat away (at);

[polilla/ratón] to eat away (at)
b) [inflación/alquiler] ‹sueldo/ahorros› to eat away at

como preposición
a) ( en calidad de) as;

◊ quiero hablarte cómo amigo I want to speak to you as a friend

b) ( con el nombre de) as;

◊ se la conoce cómo `flor de luz' it's known as `flor de luz'

c) (en comparaciones, contrastes) like;

◊ uno cómo el tuyo one like yours;

¡no hay nada cómo un buen coñac! there's nothing like a good brandy!;
es cómo para echarse a llorar it's enough to make you want to cry
d) ( en locs)

◊ así como (frml) as well as;

como mucho/poco at (the) most/at least;
como ser (CS) such as, for example;
como si (+ subj) as if, as though
■ conjunción
a) ( de la manera que) as;

◊ tal cómo había prometido just as he had promised;

cómo era de esperar as was to be expected;
no me gustó cómo lo dijo I didn't like the way she said it;
(tal y) cómo están las cosas as things stand;
hazlo cómo quieras/cómo mejor puedas do it any way you like/as best as you can;
no voy — cómo quieras I'm not going — please yourself
b) ( puesto que) as, since;

◊ cómo era temprano, fui a dar una vuelta as it was early, I went for a walk

c) (si) (+ subj) if;

◊ cómo te pille … if I catch you …

■ adverbio ( expresando aproximación) about;
◊ está cómo a cincuenta kilómetros it's about fifty kilometers away;

un sabor cómo a almendras a kind of almondy taste
cómo adverbio
a) ( de qué manera) how;

◊ ¿cómo estás? how are you?;

¿cómo es tu novia? what's your girlfriend like?;
¿cómo es de grande? how big is it?;
¿cómo te llamas? what's your name?
b) ( por qué) why, how come (colloq);

◊ ¿cómo no me lo dijiste antes? why didn't you tell me before?

c) ( al solicitar que se repita algo) sorry?, pardon?;

◊ ¿cómo dijo? sorry, what did you say?

d) ( en exclamaciones):

◊ ¡cómo llueve! it's really raining!;

¡cómo comes! the amount you eat!;
¡cómo! ¿no te lo han dicho? what! haven't they told you?
e) ( en locs)

◊ ¿a cómo …?: ¿a cómo están los tomates? (fam) how much are the tomatoes?;

¿a cómo estamos hoy? (AmL) what's the date today?;
¡cómo no! of course!;
¿cómo que …?: ¿cómo que no fuiste tú? what do you mean it wasn't you?;
aquí no está — ¿cómo que no? it isn't here — what do you mean it isn't there?
comer
I verbo transitivo
1 to eat
2 (en el parchís, etc) to take
3 (estrechar) ese corte de pelo te come la cara, that haircut makes your face look thinner
ese mueble te come mucho salón, that piece of furniture makes your living room look smaller
II verbo intransitivo to eat: hay que darle de comer al perro, we have to feed the dog
♦ Locuciones: familiar comer como una lima, to eat like a horse
familiar comer el coco/tarro a alguien, to brainwash somebody
sin comerlo ni beberlo, le pusieron una sanción, although he has nothing to do with it, he was disciplined
como
I adverbio
1 (manera) how: hazlo como quieras, do it however you like
me gusta como habla, I like the way he speaks
2 (semejanza, equivalencia) as: es como tú, he's just like you
terco como una mula, as stubborn as a mule
3 (conformidad) as: como estaba diciendo..., as I was saying...
como indica el prospecto, as the instructions say
4 (aproximadamente) about
como a la mitad de camino, more or less halfway
como unos treinta, about thirty
II conj
1 como [+ subj], (si) if: como no comas, no vas al cine, if you don't eat, you won't go to the cinema
2 (porque) as, since
como llamó tan tarde, ya no me encontró, as he phoned so late, he didn't find me in
3 como si, as if
como si nada o tal cosa, as if nothing had happened
familiar como si lo viera, I can just imagine it
III prep (en calidad de) as: lo aconsejé como amigo, I advised him as a friend
visitó el museo como experto, she visited the museum as an expert
¿As, like o how?
As se usa para hablar de la función, uso, papel o trabajo de una persona o cosa (trabajó como camarera durante las vacaciones, she worked as a waitress during the holidays) o para comparar dos acciones o situaciones y expresar su similitud. En este caso es necesario disponer de un verbo: Entró de botones, como lo había hecho su padre veinte años antes. He entered as an office-boy, as his father had twenty years before.
Cuando como va seguido de un sustantivo o pronombre también puedes usar like para comparar dos acciones o situaciones: Es como su padre. He's just like his father. Sin embargo, si va seguido de una preposición, hay que usar as: En marzo, como en abril, llovió. In March, as in April, it rained.
Nunca debes usar how en comparaciones, porque sólo expresa la manera de hacer las cosas: ¿Cómo lo hiciste?, How did you do it?
cómo adverbio
1 (interrogativo) how: ¿cómo es de alto?, how high is it?
¿cómo estás?, how are you?
¿cómo se hace?, how is it made?
2 (cuánto) ¿a cómo están los plátanos?, how much are the bananas?
3 (por qué) ¿cómo es que no nos avisaste?, why didn't you warn us?
familiar ¿cómo es eso?, how come?
4 (cuando no se ha oído bien) ¿cómo?, what?
5 (exclamativo) how
¡cómo ha cambiado!, how she's changed!
♦ Locuciones: cómo no, of course
' cómo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aburrirse
- acabada
- acabado
- acondicionar
- acreditar
- actuar
- adiós
- alma
- alquilar
- alta
- alto
- amable
- andar
- apear
- apenas
- aprendizaje
- arreglarse
- arte
- así
- atizar
- atonía
- baja
- bajo
- bala
- balsa
- bañera
- bastante
- beber
- bestia
- borrega
- borrego
- botija
- buenamente
- cabra
- cada
- caracterización
- casa
- cencerro
- cerrarse
- cesar
- chinche
- cielo
- coco
- coletilla
- colorada
- colorado
- comer
- como
- como quiera
- comoquiera
English:
ablaze
- above
- abroad
- acclaim
- accordingly
- act
- address
- alternatively
- always
- arouse
- as
- ashen
- attractive
- awaken
- away
- back
- barrage
- bash out
- be
- beaver away
- best
- bicker
- big
- black
- blind
- bolt
- bombshell
- bone
- border
- bored
- both
- break
- breed
- brownout
- by-product
- cake
- calculate
- care
- chalk
- champagne
- change
- charm
- cheer
- churn out
- class
- climax
- clown around
- coin
- colour
- come about

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Como nm

el lago Como Lake Como

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como

I adv

1 as;

como amigo as a friend

2 ( aproximadamente)

:

había como cincuenta there were about fifty;

hace como una hora about an hour ago

3

:

así como as well as

II conj

1 if;

como si as if;

como si fuera tonto as if he were o was an idiot;

como no bebas vas a enfermar if you don’t drink you’ll get sick

2 expresando causa as, since;

como no llegó, me fui solo as o since she didn’t arrive, I went by myself

3

:

me gusta como habla I like the way he talks;

como quiera any way you want

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cómo adv

: how

¿cómo estás?: how are you?

¿a cómo están las manzanas?: how much are the apples?

¿cómo?: excuse me?, what was that?

¿se puede? ¡cómo no!: may I? please do!

como adv

1) : around, about

cuesta como 500 pesos: it costs around 500 pesos

2) : kind of, like

tengo como mareos: I'm kind of dizzy

como conj

1) : how, as

hazlo como dijiste que lo harías: do it the way you said you would

2) : since, given that

como estaba lloviendo, no salí: since it was raining, I didn't go out

3) : if

como lo vuelva a hacer lo arrestarán: if he does that again he'll be arrested

4)

como quiera : in any way

como prep

1) : like, as

ligero como una pluma: light as a feather

2)

así como : as well as

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como¹ adv

1. (manera) how

te puedes vestir como quieras you can dress how you like

hazlo como te he enseñado do it the way I showed you

2. (comparaciones) as / like

ya estás tan alta como tu hermano you're as tall as your brother now

tengo una camiseta como ésa I've got a T shirt like that one

3. (según) as

como se puede ver as can be seen

4. (ejemplo) like

algunas aves, como el pingüino, no vuelan some birds, like penguins, can't fly

5. (aproximadamente) about

creo que tengo como cien novelas de aventuras I think I've got about a hundred adventure novels

6. (en calidad de) as

utiliza la caja como una mesilla use the box as a beside table

como sea at all costs / no matter what

como si as if / as though

sigue como si no estuviera aquí carry on as if I weren't here

como² conj

1. (causa) as

como hacía sol, nos fuimos a la playa as it was sunny, we went to the beach

2. (condición) if

como llegues tarde, te quedarás sin pastel if you're late, you won't get any cake

Spanish-English dictionary > como
16 Kosten

Pl. WIRTS. cost(s Pl.) Sg.; (Spesen) expenses; (Gebühren) fees, charges; JUR. costs; hohe Kosten considerable expense Sg.; Kosten sparende Maßnahmen cost-saving measures; auf anderer Leute / eigene Kosten auch fig. at other people’s / one’s own expense; auf Kosten der Allgemeinheit at the public expense, out of the public purse; ohne Kosten at no cost ( für to); die Kosten tragen bear ( oder pay) the costs; keine Kosten scheuen spare no expense; sie scheuen die Kosten they’re not prepared to spend the money ( oder pay that kind of money); auf seine Kosten kommen cover one’s expenses; fig. get one’s money’s worth; das geht auf Kosten der Gesundheit fig. it’ll take its toll on your health

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die Kosten

expenditure (Pl.); expenses (Pl.); price (Pl.); cost (Pl.); charge (Pl.); costs (Pl.); fees (Pl.); expense (Pl.)

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Kọs|ten ['kɔstn]
pl
cost(s); (JUR) costs pl; (= Unkosten) expenses pl
die Kosten tragen — to bear the cost(s)

auf Kosten von or +gen (fig) — at the expense of

auf Kosten des Steuerzahlers — at the expense of the taxpayer, at the taxpayer's expense

auf meine Kosten (lit, fig) — at my expense

auf seine Kosten kommen — to cover one's expenses; (fig) to get one's money's worth, to have a very good time

Kosten spielen keine Rolle — money's no object

Kosten zuweisen — to allocate costs

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1) (to be obtainable at a certain price: This jacket costs 75 dollars; The victory cost two thousand lives.) cost

2) (the expenses of a legal case: He won his case and was awarded costs of $500.) costs

3) (to eat (food) especially with enjoyment: I haven't tasted such a beautiful curry for ages.) taste

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Kos·ten

[ˈkɔstn̩]

pl costs pl; (Ausgaben) expenses pl

Aufstellung der entstandenen \Kosten detailed statement of costs

\Kosten der Betriebsführung operating costs

aktivierte \Kosten capitalized expenses

aufgelaufene [o entstandene] \Kosten costs incurred [or accrued]

direkte/fixe \Kosten direct/fixed costs

enthaltene \Kosten embodied cost sing

erstattungsfähige \Kosten recoverable costs

\Kosten sparend adjektivisch economical; adverbial economically

\Kosten sparende Maßnahmen cost-saving measures

\Kosten treibend cost-increasing

die \Kosten abwälzen to pass costs on

die \Kosten auf jdn/etw abwälzen to pass the costs onto sb/to burden sth

die \Kosten dämpfen to cut costs

auf seine \Kosten kommen (fig) to get one's money's worth, to enjoy oneself

die \Kosten tragen [o übernehmen] to bear the costs

die \Kosten des Verfahrens tragen to pay the costs of litigation

außergerichtliche \Kosten out-of-court expenses

\Kosten des Rechtsstreits costs and expenses of the action

auf eigene \Kosten at one's own expense

auf \Kosten von jdm/etw [o einer S. gen] (fig) at the expense of sb/sth

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Plural cost sing.; costs; (Auslagen) expenses; (Rechtsw.) costs

die Kosten tragen, für die Kosten aufkommen — bear the cost[s]

auf seine Kosten kommen — cover one's costs; (fig.) get one's money's worth

auf jemandes Kosten — at somebody's expense

auf Kosten einer Sache — (Gen.) at the expense of something

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Kosten pl WIRTSCH cost(s pl) sg; (Spesen) expenses; (Gebühren) fees, charges; JUR costs;

hohe Kosten considerable expense sg;

auf anderer Leute/eigene Kosten auch fig at other people’s/one’s own expense;

auf Kosten der Allgemeinheit at the public expense, out of the public purse;

ohne Kosten at no cost (

für to);

die Kosten tragen bear ( oder pay) the costs;

keine Kosten scheuen spare no expense;

sie scheuen die Kosten they’re not prepared to spend the money ( oder pay that kind of money);

auf seine Kosten kommen cover one’s expenses; fig get one’s money’s worth;

das geht auf Kosten der Gesundheit fig it’ll take its toll on your health;

Kosten deckend, Kosten sparend etc → kostendeckend, kostensparend etc

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Plural cost sing.; costs; (Auslagen) expenses; (Rechtsw.) costs

die Kosten tragen, für die Kosten aufkommen — bear the cost[s]

auf seine Kosten kommen — cover one's costs; (fig.) get one's money's worth

auf jemandes Kosten — at somebody's expense

auf Kosten einer Sache — (Gen.) at the expense of something

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(Essen) v.

to taste v. (beim Kochen) v.

to sample v. v.

to cost v.

(§ p.,p.p.: cost)

to taste (of) v.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Kosten
17 kosten

Pl. WIRTS. cost(s Pl.) Sg.; (Spesen) expenses; (Gebühren) fees, charges; JUR. costs; hohe Kosten considerable expense Sg.; Kosten sparende Maßnahmen cost-saving measures; auf anderer Leute / eigene Kosten auch fig. at other people’s / one’s own expense; auf Kosten der Allgemeinheit at the public expense, out of the public purse; ohne Kosten at no cost ( für to); die Kosten tragen bear ( oder pay) the costs; keine Kosten scheuen spare no expense; sie scheuen die Kosten they’re not prepared to spend the money ( oder pay that kind of money); auf seine Kosten kommen cover one’s expenses; fig. get one’s money’s worth; das geht auf Kosten der Gesundheit fig. it’ll take its toll on your health

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die Kosten

expenditure (Pl.); expenses (Pl.); price (Pl.); cost (Pl.); charge (Pl.); costs (Pl.); fees (Pl.); expense (Pl.)

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Kọs|ten ['kɔstn]
pl
cost(s); (JUR) costs pl; (= Unkosten) expenses pl
die Kosten tragen — to bear the cost(s)

auf Kosten von or +gen (fig) — at the expense of

auf Kosten des Steuerzahlers — at the expense of the taxpayer, at the taxpayer's expense

auf meine Kosten (lit, fig) — at my expense

auf seine Kosten kommen — to cover one's expenses; (fig) to get one's money's worth, to have a very good time

Kosten spielen keine Rolle — money's no object

Kosten zuweisen — to allocate costs

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1) (to be obtainable at a certain price: This jacket costs 75 dollars; The victory cost two thousand lives.) cost

2) (the expenses of a legal case: He won his case and was awarded costs of $500.) costs

3) (to eat (food) especially with enjoyment: I haven't tasted such a beautiful curry for ages.) taste

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Kos·ten

[ˈkɔstn̩]

pl costs pl; (Ausgaben) expenses pl

Aufstellung der entstandenen \Kosten detailed statement of costs

\Kosten der Betriebsführung operating costs

aktivierte \Kosten capitalized expenses

aufgelaufene [o entstandene] \Kosten costs incurred [or accrued]

direkte/fixe \Kosten direct/fixed costs

enthaltene \Kosten embodied cost sing

erstattungsfähige \Kosten recoverable costs

\Kosten sparend adjektivisch economical; adverbial economically

\Kosten sparende Maßnahmen cost-saving measures

\Kosten treibend cost-increasing

die \Kosten abwälzen to pass costs on

die \Kosten auf jdn/etw abwälzen to pass the costs onto sb/to burden sth

die \Kosten dämpfen to cut costs

auf seine \Kosten kommen (fig) to get one's money's worth, to enjoy oneself

die \Kosten tragen [o übernehmen] to bear the costs

die \Kosten des Verfahrens tragen to pay the costs of litigation

außergerichtliche \Kosten out-of-court expenses

\Kosten des Rechtsstreits costs and expenses of the action

auf eigene \Kosten at one's own expense

auf \Kosten von jdm/etw [o einer S. gen] (fig) at the expense of sb/sth

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Plural cost sing.; costs; (Auslagen) expenses; (Rechtsw.) costs

die Kosten tragen, für die Kosten aufkommen — bear the cost[s]

auf seine Kosten kommen — cover one's costs; (fig.) get one's money's worth

auf jemandes Kosten — at somebody's expense

auf Kosten einer Sache — (Gen.) at the expense of something

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kosten¹ v/t

1. (Speisen) taste; (probieren) auch try, sample (beide auch fig)

2. fig geh (genießen) savo(u)r; (Negatives) get a taste of

kosten² v/t & v/i cost (

jemanden sb); (Mühe, Zeit) auch take;

was kostet es? what ( oder how much) does it cost?, how much is it?;

es kostete ihn sein Leben oder

den Kopf it cost him his life, he paid for it with his life;

er ließ es sich viel kosten he spent a lot of money on it;

koste es, was es wolle whatever it costs;

das kostet! umg that’ll cost him etc!

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Plural cost sing.; costs; (Auslagen) expenses; (Rechtsw.) costs

die Kosten tragen, für die Kosten aufkommen — bear the cost[s]

auf seine Kosten kommen — cover one's costs; (fig.) get one's money's worth

auf jemandes Kosten — at somebody's expense

auf Kosten einer Sache — (Gen.) at the expense of something

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(Essen) v.

to taste v. (beim Kochen) v.

to sample v. v.

to cost v.

(§ p.,p.p.: cost)

to taste (of) v.

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18 keep

ki:p
1. past tense, past participle - kept; verb
1) (to have for a very long or indefinite period of time: He gave me the picture to keep.) guardar

2) (not to give or throw away; to preserve: I kept the most interesting books; Can you keep a secret?) guardar

3) (to (cause to) remain in a certain state or position: I keep this gun loaded; How do you keep cool in this heat?; Will you keep me informed of what happens?) mantener, conservar

4) (to go on (performing or repeating a certain action): He kept walking.) continuar, seguir

5) (to have in store: I always keep a tin of baked beans for emergencies.) guardar

6) (to look after or care for: She keeps the garden beautifully; I think they keep hens.) tener; cuidar (un jardín); criar, dedicarse a criar (animales)

7) (to remain in good condition: That meat won't keep in this heat unless you put it in the fridge.) conservar

8) (to make entries in (a diary, accounts etc): She keeps a diary to remind her of her appointments; He kept the accounts for the club.) tener; llevar (al día)

9) (to hold back or delay: Sorry to keep you.) retener, entretener

10) (to provide food, clothes, housing for (someone): He has a wife and child to keep.) mantener

11) (to act in the way demanded by: She kept her promise.) cumplir

12) (to celebrate: to keep Christmas.) celebrar

2. noun
(food and lodging: She gives her mother money every week for her keep; Our cat really earns her keep - she kills all the mice in the house.) sustento

- keeper
- keeping
- keep-fit
- keepsake
- for keeps
- in keeping with
- keep away
- keep back
- keep one's distance
- keep down
- keep one's end up
- keep from
- keep going
- keep hold of
- keep house for
- keep house
- keep in
- keep in mind
- keep it up
- keep off
- keep on
- keep oneself to oneself
- keep out
- keep out of
- keep time
- keep to
- keep something to oneself
- keep to oneself
- keep up
- keep up with the Joneses
- keep watch

keep¹ n manutención

I earn my keep by looking after the house a cambio de comida y cobijo, vigilo la casa

keep² vb

1. quedarse / guardar

I'm only lending it to you, you can't keep it sólo te lo dejo prestado, no te lo puedes quedar

2. guardar / tener

you should keep eggs in the fridge deberías guardar los huevos en la nevera

3. entretener / retener

it's late and I don't want to keep you es tarde y no quiero entretenerte

they kept him in hospital for two days estuvo ingresado en el hospital durante dos días

4. quedarse / permanecer

keep quiet! ¡cállate!

we must keep calm debemos mantener la calma

keep still estáte quieto

5. mantener

I'll keep your dinner warm te mantendré la cena caliente

keep your room tidy mantén la habitación limpia

6. seguir / continuar

keep straight on sigue todo recto

7. conservarse / durar

cheese keeps well in the fridge el queso se conserva bien en la nevera

to keep doing something seguir haciendo algo

don't stop, keep talking no pares, sigue hablando

I keep losing my keys siempre pierdo las llaves

to keep a secret guardar un secreto

to keep somebody waiting hacer esperar a alguien

El pasado y participio pasado de keep es kept

keep

tr[kiːp]

noun

1 (board) sustento, mantenimiento

■ to earn one's keep ganarse el pan

2 (of castle) torreón nombre masculino, torre nombre femenino del homenaje

transitive verb (pt & pp kept tr[kept])

1 (not throw away) guardar

■ I kept all your letters guardé todas tus cartas

2 (not give back) quedarse con

■ you can keep that book I lent you quédate con aquel libro que te dejé

■ keep the change quédese con el cambio

3 (have) tener; (carry) llevar

■ you should always keep paper and pencil handy siempre hay que tener a mano lápiz y papel

■ I keep a spare pair of glasses in the car llevo unas gafas de recambio en el coche

4 (look after, save) guardar

■ can you keep me a loaf of bread for Friday? ¿me guarda una barra de pan para el viernes?

■ John kept my place while I made a phone call John me guardó el sitio mientras hacía una llamada

5 (put away, store) guardar

■ where do you keep the glasses? ¿dónde guardas los vasos?

■ I always keep a little brandy for emergencies siempre guardo un poco de coñac para una emergencia

6 (reserve) reservar

■ I keep this whisky for special occasions reservo este whisky para las ocasiones especiales

7 (detain) retener, hacer esperar; (hold up) entretener

■ they kept her in hospital overnight la retuvieron en el hospital toda la noche

■ she kept me talking for hours me entretuvo hablando durante horas

■ what kept you? ¿cómo es que llegas tan tarde?

■ sorry to keep you waiting discúlpeme por hacerle esperar

8 (shop, hotel etc) tener, llevar

■ they keep a small hotel on the coast tienen un pequeño hotel en la costa

9 (have in stock) tener, vender

■ I'm afraid we don't keep cigars lo siento, pero no vendemos puros

10 (support) mantener

■ I don't know how they manage to keep a family on their wage no sé cómo pueden mantener una familia con lo que ganan

11 (animals) tener

■ children love keeping pets a los niños les encanta tener animales de compañía

■ our eggs are really fresh, we keep our own hens nuestros huevos son fresquísimos, tenemos gallinas

12 (promise) cumplir

■ promises are made to be kept las promesas se deben cumplir

13 (secret) guardar

■ can you keep a secret? ¿sabes guardar un secreto?

14 (appointment) acudir a, no faltar a

■ please 'phone if you are unable to keep your appointment por favor, llame si no puede acudir a la visita

15 (order) mantener

■ teachers must keep order in their classes los profesores deben mantener el orden en sus clases

16 (tradition) observar

■ many old traditions are not kept nowadays muchas tradiciones antiguas ya no se observan

17 (with adj, verb, etc) mantener

■ these doors must be kept locked estas puertas deben mantenerse cerradas

■ the stove keeps the whole house warm la estufa mantiene caliente toda la casa

■ this game will keep the children amused este juego entretendrá a los niños

■ this yoghurt must be kept cold este yogur debe conservarse en frío

intransitive verb

1 (do repeatedly) no dejar de; (do continuously) seguir, continuar

■ I keep thinking about her no dejo de pensar en ella

■ don't keep interrupting me! ¡deja de interrumpirme!

■ she was exhausted but kept swimming estaba agotada pero siguió nadando

■ keep trying until you succeed sigue intentándolo hasta que lo consigas

2 (stay fresh) conservarse

■ this food will keep for five days in the fridge esta comida se conserva durante cinco días en la nevera

■ I've got some news for you, but it'll keep till tomorrow tengo algo que decirte, pero puede esperar hasta mañana

3 (continue in direction) continuar, seguir

■ keep left/right circula por la izquierda/derecha

■ keep to the path no abandonar el sendero

4 (with adj, verb etc) quedarse, permanecer

■ please keep quiet cállese por favor

■ keep still! ¡estáte quieto!

■ we must keep calm debemos mantener la calma

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

for keeps para siempre

how are you keeping? ¿cómo estás?

keep it up! ¡ánimo!

keep the change quédese con la vuelta

to keep going seguir (adelante)

to keep one's head no perder la cabeza

to keep quiet callarse, no hacer ruido

to keep somebody company hacerle compañía a alguien

to keep somebody from doing something impedir que alguien haga algo

to keep something from somebody ocultar algo a alguien

to keep something clean conservar algo limpio,-a

to keep something to oneself no decir algo, guardar algo para sí

to keep oneself to oneself ser discreto,-a

you can't keep a good man down los buenos siempre salen adelante

keep ['ki:p] v, kept ['kpt] ; keeping vt

1) : cumplir (la palabra a uno), acudir a (una cita)

2) observe: observar (una fiesta)

3) guard: guardar, cuidar

4) continue: mantener

to keep silence: mantener silencio

5) support: mantener (una familia)

6) raise: criar (animales)

7) : llevar, escribir (un diario, etc.)

8) retain: guardar, conservar, quedarse con

9) store: guardar

10) detain: hacer quedar, detener

11) preserve: guardar

to keep a secret: guardar un secreto

keep vi

1) : conservarse (dícese de los alimentos)

2) continue: seguir, no dejar

he keeps on pestering us: no deja de molestarnos

3)

to keep from : abstenerse de

I couldn't keep from laughing: no podía contener la risa

keep n

1) tower: torreón m (de un castillo), torre f del homenaje

2) sustenance: manutención f, sustento m

3)

for keeps : para siempre

keep (Of a castle)

n.

• torre del homenaje (Arquitectura) s.f.

v.

(§ p.,p.p.: kept) = conservar v.

• cuidar v.

• custodiar v.

• detener v.

(§pres: -tengo, -tienes...-tenemos) pret: -tuv-

fut/c: -tendr-•)

• guardar v.

• guarecer v.

• mantener v.

(§pres: -tengo, -tienes...-tenemos) pret: -tuv-

fut/c: -tendr-•)

• permanecer v.

• preservar v.

• sostener v.

(§pres: -tengo, -tienes...-tenemos) pret: -tuv-

fut/c: -tendr-•)

kiːp
I

noun

1) ( living) sustento m, manutención f

he helped in the kitchen to earn his keep — ayudaba en la cocina a cambio de comida y techo

for keeps: if they win the cup again, it's theirs for keeps — si vuelven a ganar la copa, se la quedan para siempre

2) (in castle, fortress) torre f del homenaje

II
1.

(past & past p kept) transitive verb

1)

a) ( not throw away) \<\<receipt/ticket\>\> guardar, conservar; ( not give back) quedarse con; ( not lose) conservar

keep the change — quédese (con) el cambio

you can keep your lousy job! — (colloq) se puede guardar su porquería de trabajo!

b) (look after, reserve)

to keep something (for somebody) — guardar(le) algo (a algn)

2) ( store) guardar

where do you keep the coffee? — ¿dónde guardas or tienes el café?

keep in a cool place — conservar en lugar fresco

I like to keep a first-aid kit in the car — me gusta tener un botiquín en el coche

3) ( reserve for future use) guardar, dejar

4)

a) ( raise) \<\<pigs/bees\>\> criar*

b) (manage, run) \<\<stall/guesthouse\>\> tener*

5)

a) ( support) mantener*

it costs me a fortune to keep them in clothes — me cuesta una fortuna vestirlos

b) ( maintain)

she keeps a diary — escribe or lleva un diario

I've kept a note o record of everything — he tomado nota de todo, lo tengo todo anotado

6)

a) (cause to remain, continue) mantener*

try and keep it clean — trata de mantenerlo limpio

keep her informed — manténla al tanto

the noise kept me awake — el ruido no me dejó dormir

to keep somebody/something + -ing: to keep somebody guessing tener* a algn en ascuas; he kept the engine running — mantuvo el motor en marcha

b) ( detain)

don't let me keep you — no te quiero entretener

what kept you? — ¿por qué tardaste?, ¿qué te retuvo?

they kept her in hospital — la dejaron ingresada or (CS, Méx tb) internada

7) (adhere to, fulfil) \<\<promise/vow\>\> cumplir

she didn't keep the appointment — faltó a la cita

8) (observe, celebrate) celebrar; ( Relig) guardar

2.

keep vi

1) ( remain) mantenerse*

to keep fit — mantenerse* en forma

to keep awake — mantenerse* despierto, no dormirse*

can't you keep quiet? — ¿no te puedes estar callado?

keep still! — estáte quieto! or quédate quieto!

2)

a) ( continue) seguir*

keep left/right — siga por la izquierda/derecha

to keep -ing — seguir* + ger

keep talking — sigue hablando

b) ( repeatedly)

he keeps interfering — está continuamente entrometiéndose, no deja de entrometerse

I keep forgetting to bring it — nunca me acuerdo or siempre me olvido de traerlo

3)

a) \<\<food\>\> conservarse (fresco)

this cake will keep for several months — este pastel se conserva muchos meses

b) \<\<news/matter\>\> esperar

I have something to tell you - will it keep till later? — tengo algo que decirte - ¿puede esperar a más tarde?

c) ( be in certain state of health) (colloq)

how are you keeping? — ¿qué tal estás? (fam)

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Phrasal Verbs:

- keep ahead

- keep at

- keep away

- keep back

- keep down

- keep from

- keep in

- keep in with

- keep off

- keep on

- keep out

- keep out of

- keep to

- keep together

- keep up

[kiːp] (vb: pt, pp kept)
1. TRANSITIVE VERB
When keep is part of a set combination, eg to keep an appointment. to keep a promise, to keep one's seat, look up the noun.
1) (=retain) [+ change, copy] quedarse con; [+ receipt] guardar; [+ business, customer, colour] conservar

you must keep the receipt — debe guardar el recibo

you can keep the change — quédese con la vuelta or (LAm) el vuelto

is this jacket worth keeping? — ¿merece la pena guardar esta chaqueta?

he is to keep his job in spite of the incident — va a mantener or conservar el trabajo a pesar del incidente

this material will keep its colour/softness — este material conservará su color/suavidad

• to keep sth for o.s. — quedarse con algo

- if this is fashion, you can keep it!

2) (=save, put aside) guardar, reservar

I'm keeping this wine in case we have visitors — voy a guardar or reservar este vino por si tenemos visitas

ask the shop to keep you one — pide en la tienda que te reserven uno

• I was keeping it for you — lo guardaba para ti

3) (=have ready)

I always keep a torch in the car — siempre tengo una linterna en el coche

keep this by you in case of emergencies — guárdate eso para un caso de emergencia

4) (=store, put) (gen) guardar; (in museum) conservar

where do you keep the sugar? — ¿dónde guardas el azúcar?

keep it somewhere safe — guárdalo en un sitio seguro

you must keep it in a cold place — debes conservarlo en un sitio fresco

5) (=house)

the puppies were kept in cramped conditions — tenían a los cachorros hacinados

the tarantulas were kept in cages — las tarántulas estaban metidas en jaulas

the prisoners were kept in a dark room — los prisioneros estaban encerrados en una habitación oscura

he keeps his wives in separate houses — tiene a sus mujeres alojadas en casas separadas

6) (=detain) tener

keep him in bed for a couple of days — tenlo en cama un par de días

to keep sb in prison — tener a algn preso

he was kept in hospital over night — lo tuvieron una noche en el hospital, le hicieron pasar la noche en el hospital

illness kept her at home — la enfermedad no le permitió salir de casa

to keep sb doing sth — tener a algn haciendo algo

7) (=delay) entretener

• I mustn't keep you — no quiero entretenerte

don't let me keep you — no le entretengo más

what kept you? — ¿por qué te has retrasado?

am I keeping you from your work? — quizá tienes trabajo y yo te estoy entreteniendo

8) (=have) [+ shop, hotel, house, servant] tener; [+ pigs, bees, chickens] criar

he keeps a good cellar — tiene una buena bodega

9) (=stock) tener

we don't keep that model any more — ya no tenemos ese modelo

10) (=support) [+ family, mistress] mantener

to keep o.s. — mantenerse

• the extra money keeps me in beer and cigarettes — el dinero extra me da para (comprar) cerveza y cigarrillos

our garden keeps us in vegetables all summer — el huerto nos da suficientes verduras para todo el verano

11) (=fulfil, observe) [+ promise, agreement, obligation] cumplir; [+ law, rule] observar; [+ appointment] acudir a, ir a; [+ feast day] observar

to keep the Sabbath — observar el sábado judío

12) (=not divulge)

• to keep sth from sb — ocultar algo a algn

• keep it quiet — de esto no digas ni una palabra

• keep it to yourself * — no se lo digas a nadie

but he kept the news to himself — pero se guardó la noticia, pero no comunicó la noticia a nadie

13) (=maintain)

a) [+ accounts] llevar; [+ diary] escribir

to keep a record of sth — llevar nota de algo

b) with adjective mantener; (less formal) tener

keep Britain tidy — mantenga limpia Gran Bretaña

• to keep sth clean — conservar or mantener algo limpio; (less formal) tener algo limpio

she always keeps the house very clean — tiene la casa siempre muy limpia

to keep o.s. clean — no ensuciarse, mantenerse limpio

cats keep themselves clean — los gatos son muy limpios

• exercise keeps you fit — haciendo ejercicio te mantienes en forma

• keep the sauce hot — (in recipe book) mantener la salsa caliente

I'll keep your supper hot — te guardaré la comida caliente

• to keep inflation as low as possible — mantener la inflación tan baja como sea posible

• to keep sth safe — guardar algo bien, guardar algo en un lugar seguro

• try to keep your head still — intenta no mover la cabeza

• to keep sth warm — mantener algo caliente

• the garden is well kept — el jardín está muy bien cuidado
fixed 1., 3), happy 1., 3), post I, 2., 4)
c) + -ing

to keep the engine running — dejar el motor en marcha

to keep sb talking — entretener a algn hablando

keep him talking while I... — entretenlo hablando mientras yo...

to keep sb waiting — hacer esperar a algn

he kept them working all night — los tuvo trabajando toda la noche
go 1., 24)
14) (=hold)

• to keep sb at it — obligar a algn a seguir trabajando

• I'll keep you to your promise — haré que cumplas tu promesa
counsel 1., 1)
15) (=prevent)

• to keep sb from doing sth — impedir que algn haga algo

what can we do to keep it from happening again — ¿qué podemos hacer para evitar que se repita?

to keep o.s. from doing sth — contener las ganas de hacer algo, aguantarse de hacer algo *

16) (=guard, protect) † guardar

God keep you! — ¡Dios te guarde!

17)

to keep o.s. to o.s. — guardar las distancias

2. INTRANSITIVE VERB

1) (=remain)

a) with adjective

• try to keep calm — intenta mantener la calma

• to keep fit — mantenerse en forma

• it will keep fresh for weeks — se conservará fresco durante semanas

• to keep healthy — mantenerse sano

• keep very quiet — no hagas nada de ruido

• you must keep still — tienes que estarte or quedarte muy quieto

• to keep together — no separarse

• he was jumping up and down to keep warm — estaba dando saltos para mantener el calor

b) with preposition/adverb

keep in the left lane — sigue por el carril de la izquierda

she kept inside for three days — no salió en tres días

2)

to keep doing sth —

a) (=continue) seguir haciendo algo

he kept walking — siguió caminando

I keep hoping she'll come back — sigo esperando que vuelva

you must keep moving — no pares

keep smiling! * — ¡no te desanimes!

keep going! — ¡no pares!

b) (=do repeatedly) no hacer más que hacer algo

he keeps mentioning his uncle — no hace más que mencionar a su tío

I keep thinking I'll wake up in a minute — no hago más que pensar que es todo un sueño

she keeps bursting into tears — está todo el tiempo echándose a llorar

he kept interrupting us — no paraba de interrumpirnos

I keep forgetting to pay the gas bill — siempre se me olvida pagar la factura del gas

you mustn't keep looking at your watch — no debes estar todo el tiempo mirando al reloj

3) (in directions) (=continue) seguir

to keep straight on — seguir todo recto or derecho

keep due north until you come to... — siga en dirección norte hasta que llegue a...

keep left — circule por la izquierda

4) (=not go off) [food] conservarse fresco, conservarse bien

fish doesn't keep very well — el pescado no se conserva muy bien

an apple that keeps — una manzana que se conserva bien

5) * (=wait) esperar

the news will keep till I see you — la noticia puede esperar hasta que nos veamos

it can keep — puede esperar

6) * (talking about health)

how are you keeping? — ¿qué tal (estás)? (Sp) *, ¿como or qué tal te va? *, ¿cómo sigues? (LAm) *, ¿qué hubo? (Mex, Chile) *

he's not keeping very well — no está muy bien de salud

she's keeping better — está mejor, se encuentra mejor

7) (=avoid)

• to keep from doing sth — evitar hacer algo; (=abstain from) abstenerse de hacer algo

3. NOUN

1) (=livelihood, food)

I got £30 a week and my keep — me daban 30 libras a la semana y comida y cama

I pay £50 a week for my keep — la pensión me cuesta 50 libras a la semana

to earn one's keep — ganarse el sustento; (fig) justificar el gasto

in a poem every word must earn its keep — en un poema cada palabra debe estar justificada

2) (Archit) torreón m, torre f del homenaje

3) (=permanently)

for keeps * — para siempre

- keep ahead

- keep at

- keep away

- keep back

- keep down

- keep in

- keep off

- keep on

- keep out

- keep to

- keep together

- keep under

- keep up

* * *
[kiːp]
I

noun

1) ( living) sustento m, manutención f

he helped in the kitchen to earn his keep — ayudaba en la cocina a cambio de comida y techo

for keeps: if they win the cup again, it's theirs for keeps — si vuelven a ganar la copa, se la quedan para siempre

2) (in castle, fortress) torre f del homenaje

II
1.

(past & past p kept) transitive verb

1)

a) ( not throw away) \<\<receipt/ticket\>\> guardar, conservar; ( not give back) quedarse con; ( not lose) conservar

keep the change — quédese (con) el cambio

you can keep your lousy job! — (colloq) se puede guardar su porquería de trabajo!

b) (look after, reserve)

to keep something (for somebody) — guardar(le) algo (a algn)

2) ( store) guardar

where do you keep the coffee? — ¿dónde guardas or tienes el café?

keep in a cool place — conservar en lugar fresco

I like to keep a first-aid kit in the car — me gusta tener un botiquín en el coche

3) ( reserve for future use) guardar, dejar

4)

a) ( raise) \<\<pigs/bees\>\> criar*

b) (manage, run) \<\<stall/guesthouse\>\> tener*

5)

a) ( support) mantener*

it costs me a fortune to keep them in clothes — me cuesta una fortuna vestirlos

b) ( maintain)

she keeps a diary — escribe or lleva un diario

I've kept a note o record of everything — he tomado nota de todo, lo tengo todo anotado

6)

a) (cause to remain, continue) mantener*

try and keep it clean — trata de mantenerlo limpio

keep her informed — manténla al tanto

the noise kept me awake — el ruido no me dejó dormir

to keep somebody/something + -ing: to keep somebody guessing tener* a algn en ascuas; he kept the engine running — mantuvo el motor en marcha

b) ( detain)

don't let me keep you — no te quiero entretener

what kept you? — ¿por qué tardaste?, ¿qué te retuvo?

they kept her in hospital — la dejaron ingresada or (CS, Méx tb) internada

7) (adhere to, fulfil) \<\<promise/vow\>\> cumplir

she didn't keep the appointment — faltó a la cita

8) (observe, celebrate) celebrar; ( Relig) guardar

2.

keep vi

1) ( remain) mantenerse*

to keep fit — mantenerse* en forma

to keep awake — mantenerse* despierto, no dormirse*

can't you keep quiet? — ¿no te puedes estar callado?

keep still! — estáte quieto! or quédate quieto!

2)

a) ( continue) seguir*

keep left/right — siga por la izquierda/derecha

to keep -ing — seguir* + ger

keep talking — sigue hablando

b) ( repeatedly)

he keeps interfering — está continuamente entrometiéndose, no deja de entrometerse

I keep forgetting to bring it — nunca me acuerdo or siempre me olvido de traerlo

3)

a) \<\<food\>\> conservarse (fresco)

this cake will keep for several months — este pastel se conserva muchos meses

b) \<\<news/matter\>\> esperar

I have something to tell you - will it keep till later? — tengo algo que decirte - ¿puede esperar a más tarde?

c) ( be in certain state of health) (colloq)

how are you keeping? — ¿qué tal estás? (fam)

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Phrasal Verbs:

- keep ahead

- keep at

- keep away

- keep back

- keep down

- keep from

- keep in

- keep in with

- keep off

- keep on

- keep out

- keep out of

- keep to

- keep together

- keep up

English-spanish dictionary > keep
19 cost

I [kɔst] n
1) стоимость, цена, себестоимость, плата

See:

types of cost

- high cost
- low cost
- delivery cost
- estimated cost
- free of cost
- low-cost source of smth
- cost of goods and services
- cost of the trip
- cost of postage
- annual cost of rent
- at cost price
- at full cost
- at reduced cost
- below cost price
- at the cost of smth
- at smb's cost
- at any cost
- at all costs
- calculation of the cost
- without additional cost
- at substantially less cost
- cover the cost of smth
- keep the cost of smth down
- meet the cost of smth
- reduce the cost of smth
2) (обыкновенно pl costs) расходы, издержки, затраты

See:

types of costs

The cost of damage is put (is estimated) at several million dollars. — Нанесенный ущерб исчисляется несколькими миллионами долларов.

Three quarters of my income goes on running costs of the house and car. — Три четверти моего дохода уходит на текущие расходы по содержанию дома и машины

- holding costs
- costs control
- costs of the upkeep of the house
- costs reduction the reduction of costs
- calculation of costs
- distribution of costs
- involve additional costs
- meet the increased costs
- refund smb's costs
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(1.) Значение русских слов "стоимость, плата, цена" передаются в английском языке рядом слов, различающихся сферой употребления: cost, price, fare, fee, charge/charges: (а.) cost 1. - стоимость, плата - это сумма денег, необходимая для приобретения или изготовления чего-либо, используется, как правило, по отношению к категории, типу объектов, а не отдельных их представителей: cost of food (of living, of going on holiday, of postage, of production); cost 1. обычно используется в форме единственного числа; (b) price - цена, назначаемая для продажи отдельных, изготовленных для этой цели, предметов: the price of a bottle of milk (of a pound of sugar, of a car); © fare - стоимость проезда - используется в узкой области передвижения в общественном транспорте: bus fare, air fare; (d) fee - гонорар, оплата услуг врача, юриста, художника; € charges - плата, взимаемая за пользование чем-либо, плата за услуги: electricity (gas) charges начисления за электричество (газ). (2.) Cost 2. в значении "расходы, издержки", как правило, используется в форме множественного числа: running costs текущие расходы по эксплуатации чего-либо
II [kɔst] v
(cost [kost]) стоить, обходиться

How much does it cost? — Сколько это стоит?

How much does the trip cost? — Сколько стоит поездка?

It didn't cost me much. — Это мне не дорого обошлось.

- cost two roubles
- cost dearly
- cost very much
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В обыденной речи русское сочетание "сколько это стоит?" в английском языке чаще передается сочетанием how much is it

English-Russian combinatory dictionary > cost
20 cost

1) обычно pl расходы, издержки, затраты

2) цена, стоимость, себестоимость || назначать цену, расценивать товар

- cost and freight

- at cost

- at any cost

- at heavy cost

- at the cost of

- below cost

- cost charged to current expense accounts

- free of cost

- cost, insurance, freight

- cost, insurance, freight and commission

- cost, insurance, freight and exchange

- cost, insurance, freight, commission and interest

- next to cost

- cost or market, whichever is lower

- costs per day

- cost per pounds 100 output

- cost per unit

- cost to buy

- cost to hold

- incur cost

- prune away cost

- cost to the consumer

- cost under certainty

- cost of apprenticeship

- cost of borrowing

- cost of capital

- cost of carry

- cost of carrying inventory

- cost of doing business

- cost of entry

- cost of flotation

- cost of idleness

- cost of inspection

- cost of installation

- cost of interrupted service

- cost of labor per acre

- cost of living

- cost of pest control

- cost of products sold

- cost of providing service

- cost of queue

- cost of reclamation

- cost of reliability

- cost of resales

- cost of sales

- cost of scrap

- cost of stockout

- cost of unreliability

- cost of wrong decision

- absorbed cost

- accident cost

- acquisition cost

- actual cost

- added traffic cost

- adjusted historical cost

- adjustment cost

- aftershipment cost

- airline cost

- allocable cost

- allowable cost

- alternative cost

- amortized cost

- anticipated cost

- appraisal cost

- average unit cost

- back-order cost

- basic cost

- basic standard cost

- beforeshipment cost

- book cost

- borrowing cost

- break-even cost

- break in cost

- budgeted cost

- bulk-line cost

- bunched cost

- burden cost

- capacity cost

- capital cost

- capital cost per annum

- capitalizable cost

- capitalized cost

- carrier cost

- changeover cost

- circulation cost

- cleared-in cost

- collection cost

- commercial cost

- committed cost

- commodity cost

- common cost

- comparative cost

- complaint cost

- concave cost

- conditional cost

- constant cost

- contract cost

- controllable cost

- conversion costs

- convex cost

- court costs

- crash cost

- crawl-out cost

- cultivation cost

- current cost

- current-outlay cost

- current standard cost

- cycle inventory cost

- decreasing cost

- deductible cost

- defect cost

- deficiency cost

- delivery cost

- departmental cost

- depleted cost

- depreciable cost

- depreciated cost

- depreciation cost

- design cost

- deterioration cost

- development cost

- differential cost

- direct cost

- direct labor cost

- direct operating cost

- direct payroll cost

- disadvantage cost

- discounted cost

- distribution cost

- downstream cost

- downtime cost

- drying cost

- economic cost

- environmental cost

- equipment capital cost

- erection cost

- escapable cost

- estimated cost

- evaluation cost

- expected cost of uncertainty

- expected total cost

- expired cost

- explicit cost

- external cost

- extramarket cost

- fabrication cost

- factor cost

- factor mobility cost

- factory cost

- failure cost

- farm production cost

- fattening cost

- feed cost

- fertilizing cost

- final cost

- first cost

- fixed cost

- food cost

- fuel cost

- growth cost

- guarantee cost

- handling cost

- harvesting costs

- haul cost

- hiring cost

- historical cost

- holding cost

- hourly cost

- idle time cost

- implicit cost

- imputed cost

- increasing cost

- incremental cost

- incremental cost of service

- incremental energy cost

- incremental production costs

- independent cost

- indirect cost

- indirect labor cost

- indirect payroll cost

- industry average cost

- information cost

- initial cost

- initial production cost

- innovation costs

- insurance cost

- intake water cost

- intangible cost

- inventory cost

- inventory holding cost

- inventory possession cost

- invoice cost

- irrigation cost

- joint cost

- labor cost

- labor cost per unit produced

- launching costs

- layoff cost

- least cost

- life cycle cost

- life repair cost

- linear cost

- line-haul cost

- long-run marginal cost

- lot quantity cost

- lump-sum cost

- maintenance cost

- management cost

- man-power cost

- manufacturing cost

- marginal cost

- marginal cost of acquisition

- marginal cost of capital

- marginal-factor cost

- marginal industry costs

- marginal unit costs

- marketing cost

- market transaction cost

- menu cost

- merchandising cost

- miscellaneous cost

- negotiated cost

- net cost

- nominal cost

- noncontrollable cost

- nonlinear cost

- nonmanufacturing cost

- nonrecurring cost

- normal cost

- obsolescence costs

- onetime cost

- operating cost

- opportunity cost

- opportunity cost of not being at work

- ordering cost

- order initiation cost

- organization cost

- original cost

- out-of-pocket cost

- out-of-pocket unit cost

- output cost

- overall cost

- overdraft cost

- overhaul cost

- overhead cost

- overtime cost

- owning cost

- passenger-mile cost

- payroll cost

- perfection standard cost

- period cost

- personnel retention cost

- platform handling cost

- pollution abatement cost

- postponable cost

- power cost

- predetermined cost

- predicted cost

- preparation cost

- preproduction cost

- present worth cost

- pretax financing cost

- price-determining cost

- prime cost

- process cost

- processing cost

- procurement cost

- product cost

- production cost

- program cost

- programmed cost

- progress-generating cost

- prohibitive cost

- project cost

- purchase cost

- pure cost of circulation

- quality cost

- quality-inspection cost

- real cost

- rearing cost

- recoverable cost

- recurring cost

- reduction cost

- reject cost

- related cost

- relative cost

- relevant cost

- removal cost

- renewal cost

- reoperation cost

- reorder cost

- repair costs

- replacement cost

- replacement depreciation cost

- replenishment cost

- reproduction cost

- reproduction new cost

- research-and-development cost

- reservation cost

- residual cost

- rework cost

- round-trip cost

- running cost

- salvage cost

- scheduled cost

- scrap cost

- search cost

- selling cost

- separable cost

- serving cost

- setting-up cost

- shadow cost

- shelter cost

- shipping cost

- shoe leather cost

- shop cost

- shortage cost

- short-run marginal cost

- should cost

- smoothing cost

- social marginal cost

- socially necessary cost

- space cost

- specific cost

- specification cost

- spiralling cost

- spoilage cost

- standard cost

- standby cost

- standing cost

- starting-and-stopping cost

- starting-load cost

- start-up cost

- stock-holding cost

- stocking cost

- storage cost

- sunk cost

- supplementary cost

- supplementary employee cost

- support cost

- tangible cost

- target cost

- total delay cost

- total unit cost

- traceable cost

- training cost

- transaction cost

- transfer costs

- transportation costs

- treating cost

- trust cost

- ultimate cost

- unamortized cost

- unavoidable cost

- underwriting cost

- unit cost

- unit factor cost

- unit labor cost

- unit operating cost

- unit wage cost

- unrecovered cost

- upkeep cost

- user cost

- variable cost

- verification cost

- warehousing cost

- warranty cost

- welfare cost

- wintering cost

- working cost

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